Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999 amending Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin including fruit and vegetables respectively (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, cereals, food inspection, fruit, pesticide residue, vegetable

L 172/40

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Official Journal of the European Communities

8. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/65/EC

of 24 June 1999

amending Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for
pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin including fruit and
vegetables respectively

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July
1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in
and on cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Directive
98/82/EC (2), and in particular Article 7(4)(a) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27
November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide
residues in and on products of plant origin, including fruit and
vegetables (3), as last amended by Directive 98/82/EC, and in
particular Article 4(4)(a) thereof,

year

their

forward

(1) Whereas Article 7(2)(a) of Directive 86/362/EEC and
Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 90/642/EEC require the
Member States to submit to the Commission by 30 June
each
national monitoring
programmes for the following year for pesticides resi-
dues in or on fruit, vegetables and cereals; whereas
experience gained by the Member States in planning,
establishing, carrying out, evaluating and reporting on
previous annual monitoring programmes indicates that
this deadline is impractical in that it leaves insufficient
time to take into account during their planning for the
following year
from the previous year;
whereas an additional period of three months is consid-
for adequate evaluation of previous
ered sufficient
results and planning of
forward national monitoring
programmes;

the results

submission of national plans by the Member States to
the Commission would entrain a three-month delay in
the submission of a draft
recommendation by the
Commission to the Standing Committee on Plant
Health;

(3) Whereas in practice the Commission and the Member
coordinated Community monitoring

States
programmes on a multi-annual basis;

plan

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
the Standing

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee on Plant Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

In Article 7 of Directive 86/362/EEC:

— in paragraph 2(a), ‘30 June’ is replaced by ‘30 September’,

— in paragraphs 2(b) and 3, ‘30 September’ is replaced by ‘31

December’.

Article 2

In Article 4 of Directive 90/642/EEC:

— in paragraph 2(a), ‘30 June’ is replaced by ‘30 September’,

— in paragraphs 2(b) and 3, ‘30 September’ is replaced by ‘31

December’.

(2) Whereas Article 7(2)(b) of Directive 86/362/EEC and
Article 4(2)(b) of Directive 90/642/EEC require the
Commission to submit to the Standing Committee on
Plant Health by 30 September each year a draft recom-
coordinated Community
a
mendation setting out
monitoring programme identifying the taking of specific
samples to be included in the monitoring programme;
whereas the content of such a draft recommendation is
contingent on the information provided by the Member
forward monitoring programmes;
States on their
the
three-month period for
whereas an additional

(1) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 290, 29.10.1998, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71.

Article 3

1.

This Directive enters into force on its day of publication.

2. Member States shall adopt and publish the legislative,
regulatory or administrative measures to comply with this
Directive by 31 December 1999. They shall
immediately
inform the Commission thereof.

3.
They shall apply these measures as from 1 January 2000.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure
for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.

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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission