Commission Directive 2000/57/EC of 22 September 2000 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables respectively (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, foodstuff, fruit, pesticide residue, plant health legislation, vegetable

L 244/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.9.2000

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/57/EC

of 22 September 2000

amending the Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of
maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables 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 76/895/EEC of 23
November 1976 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide
residues in and on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by
Commission Directive 2000/24/EC (2), and in particular Article
5 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27
November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide
residues in certain products of plant origin, including fruit and
vegetables (3), as last amended by Directive 2000/42/EC (4),

Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July
1991 on the placing of plant protection products on the
market (5), as last amended by Commission Directive 2000/
10/EC (6), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with the provisions of Directive 91/
414/EEC, authorisations of plant protection products for
use on specific crops are the responsibility of
the
Member States. Such authorisations are required to be
based on the evaluation of effects on human and animal
health and influence on the environment. Elements to be
taken into account in such evaluations include operator
and bystander exposure and impact on the terrestrial,
aquatic and aerial environments, as well as impact on
humans and animals through consumption of residues
on treated crops.

For products of plant origin, including fruit and veget-
ables, maximum residue levels generally reflect the use
of minimum quantities of pesticides to achieve effective
protection of plants, applied in such a manner that the
amount of residue is the smallest practicable and is
toxicologically acceptable, in particular in view of the
protection of the environment and in terms of estimated
dietary intake.

(3)

Maximum residue levels are fixed at the lower limit of
analytical determination where authorised uses of plant
protection products do not result in detectable levels of

(1) OJ L 340, 9.12.1976, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 107, 4.5.2000, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 158, 30.6.2000, p. 51.
(5) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 57, 2.3.2000, p. 28.

pesticide residue in or on the food product, or where
there are no authorised uses, or where uses which have
been authorised by Member States have not been
supported by the necessary data, or where uses in third
countries resulting in residues in or on food products
which may enter into circulation in the Community
market have not been supported with such necessary
data.

Maximum residue levels for pesticides should be kept
under
review. The levels may be changed to take
account of new uses, new information and data and, in
particular, should be urgently reconsidered with a view
to reduction if concerns about dietary exposure of
consumers, based on new or reviewed information, are
brought to the attention of the Commission, in partic-
ular in implementation of Article 4 of Directive 76/895
and Article 8 of Directive 90/642/EEC.

Information on new or changed uses of the pesticides
covered by this Directive have been notified to the
Commission. The information supporting these uses has
been evaluated and it
is appropriate to modify the
existing maximum residue limits in the Annexes of the
Directives.

The lifetime exposure of consumers to these pesticides
via food products that may contain residues of these
pesticides, has been assessed and evaluated in accord-
ance with the procedures and practices used within the
taking account of guidelines
European Community,
published by the World Health Organistion (7) and it has
been calculated that the maximum residue levels fixed in
this Directive do not give rise to an exceedence of the
acceptable daily intakes.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7) Where appropriate, the acute exposure of consumers to
these pesticides via each of the food products that may
contain residues of these pesticides has been assessed
and evaluated in accordance with the procedures and
used within
practices
European
Community,
recommendations
account
published by the World Health Organisation, and no
acute intake concerns have been identified.

currently
taking

the

of

(7) ‘Guidelines

residues’
for predicting dietary intake of pesticide
(revised), prepared by the GEMS/Food programme in collaboration
with the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, published by the
World Health Organisation 1997 (WHO/FSF/FOS/97.7).

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(8)

(9)

(10)

for vinclozolin for

Article 4 of Commission Directive 98/82/EC (1), on the
fixed temporary
setting of maximum residue levels,
maximum residue levels
some
commodities in advance of the adoption for all agricul-
tural products of reviewed maximum residue levels on
the basis of the evaluation works under the provisions of
Article 8(2) of Directive 91/414/EEC. This evaluation is
not yet complete. It is nonetheless appropriate to reduce
the exposure of consumers to residues of vinclozolin by
reducing the maximum residue levels of vinclozolin for
certain commodities. It is also appropriate that these
revised levels be fixed on a temporary basis pending the
completion of the said evaluation work.

All of the pesticides for which maximum residue limits
are being fixed by this Directive need to be evaluated in
the framework of Directive 91/414/EEC. The maximum
residue limits fixed by this Directive for each pesticide
will need to be reviewed case by case on the basis of
eventual Commission decisions following the evaluation
work carried out under Article 8(2) of Directive 91/
414/EEC.

The Community's trading partners have been consulted
about the levels set out in this Directive through the
World Trade Organisation and their comments on these
levels have been considered. The possibility of fixing
import tolerance maximum residue levels for specific
pesticide/crop combinations will be examined by the
Commission on the basis of the submission of accept-
able data.

(11)

The opinions of the Scientific Committee for Plants, in
particular advice and recommendations concerning the
protection of consumers of food products treated with
pesticides, have been taken into account.

(12)

This Directive is in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Plant Health;

2. the entry of ‘0,1’ for glyphosate in cottonseed is replaced by

‘10’;

3. the entries of

the dithiocarbamates maneb,
mancozeb, metiram, propineb and zineb in olives are
replaced by ‘5’;

‘0,05’

for

4. a new entry is made for the pesticide residue diphenylamine

with the following maximum residue limits:

apples:
pears:
all other commodities:

5 mg/kg,
10 mg/kg,
0,05* mg/kg where this is the
lower limit of analytical deter-
mination;

5. The entries for vinclozolin of ‘3’ and ‘2’ for tomatoes and
peaches are replaced by ‘0,05*’ and ‘0,05*’ respectively.
These revised values are fixed on a temporary basis.

Article 3

This Directive enters into force on the 20th day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 31 March 2001 at the latest. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply these provisions as of 1 April 2001.

those provisions,

When Member States adopt
they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by
such a reference on the occasion of their official publication.
Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
made.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 4

Article 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

In Annex II of Directive 76/895/EEC the entry of ‘3’ for folpet
in wine grapes is replaced by ‘10’.

Annex II of Directive 90/642/EEC is modified as follows:

Article 2

1. the entry of

‘1’
parsnips is replaced by ‘30’;

for maleic hydrazide in carrots and in

Done at Brussels, 22 September 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 290, 29.10.1998, p. 25.