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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
CONCERNING SEPARATE ACCEPTANCE BYCERTAIN MEMBERSTATESOFASET
OFCODEXSTANDARDS INTHEPESTICIDES AREA
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COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
1.Byletter from their Permanent Representative of11May1978 the
Netherlands supplemented previous information byinforming the Commission of
theofficial comments given totheSecretariat o4theCodex Alimentarius
(FAO/WHO),onthesubject ofmaximum contents ofpesticide residues (4th
series ). Byletter of5April 1979 theUnited Kingdom informed theCommission
ofitsdeclarations toCodex concerning the limited acceptance ofcertain
standards forpesticide residues .
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2.However ,farfrom being left tonational competence ,thesector ofpesti­
cide residues isalready partly governed byCommunity rules Asregards
pesticide residues onand infruit andvegetables ,aDirective wasadopted
bythe Council on23.11.1976 andthe Council has,.moreover ,been considering
siQce August 1977 theproposal for aDirective ontne fixing ofmaximum per­
mitted levels forunaesiraDie suostances andproducts infeedingstuf fs(pesticides
entire inanimal feeastuffs (i).
The Council will also have topronounce on ar«/programme ofproposals con­
cerning other foodstuffs (cereals ,products ofanimal origin ,etc.). These
proposals arebeing studied bytheCommission ;itislikely that itwill be
possible forsome ofthese drafts tobeadopted bytheCommission andpassed
tothe Council during 1979 .
3.International undertakings byMember States would occur inanarea where
Community rules were notonly planned butalready ex-isted inpart .Study
oftheruling ofthe Court ofJustice (Case 22/70 andOpinion 1/76 )
clearly *reveal sthat decisions inthis area aretheexclusive competence of
the Community and that the Member States may not inconsequence adopt the
Codex measures separately without breaching Community law .The Commission
hascommunicated this point ofview totheNetherlands Government .
(1)Proposal for aCouncil Directive amending Directive 74/63/EEConthe
fixing ofmaximum permitted levels forundesirable substances andproducts
infeedingstuf fs,andDirective 70/373/EEConthe introduction ofCommunity
methods ofsampling andanalysis fortheofficial control offeedingstuf fr
(0JNoC197,f>.3 )
(2)1971 Reports ,p.262
(3)1977 Reports ,p.741

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TheCommissionthereforeconsidersthatthecommunications addressedtothe
FAOmusthenceforthtakeplaceatCommunitylevel/andsignalsitsintention,
inviewofthefactthattheDirectiveconcerningpesticideresiduesinand
onfruitandvegetables mustbeappliedbyMemberStateson23November1978
atthelatest,tosubmittotheCouncilbeforesummer19793firstcommunication
onthismatterrestatingthepositionoftheCommunityandjjtheMemberStates
withregardtotheCodexstandardsapplicableinthissector.