Commission Directive 2004/61/EC of 26 April 2004 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for certain pesticides prohibited for use in the European Community (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, disclosure of information, pesticide residue, plant health control

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/61/EC

of 26 April 2004

amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards
maximum residue levels for certain pesticides prohibited for use in the European Community

(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 pesti-
cide residues in and on cereals (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesti-
cide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin (2), and in particular Article 10 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), and in particular
Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Council Directive 79/117/EEC (4), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2003/
807 (5), mercuric oxide, mercurous chloride (calomel), other inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl
mercury compounds, alcoxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds, aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, HCH,
hexachlorobenzene, camphechlor (toxaphene), ethylene oxide, nitrofen, 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,2-
dichloroethane, dinoseb and binapacryl are pesticides, prohibited for use and placing on the market
in the EC. In view of the availability of some of these pesticides on the world market it is prudent to
set Maximum Residue Levels for all products at the Lower Limit of Analytical Determination. Some
mercuric compounds cannot be distinguished from mercuric compounds originating from environ-
mental contamination.

(2) Where no legal use of a pesticide is allowed and where no residues can be tolerated it is appropriate
the MRL established at the appropriate lower limit of analytical determination on fresh

that
produce, apply also on the composite and processed products.

(3)

The opinions of the Scientific Committee for Plants have been taken into account, in particular its
advice and recommendations concerning the methodology to be followed for the protection of
consumers of agricultural products treated with pesticides.

(4)

Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(1) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 37. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/2/EC (OJ L 14, 21.1.2004, p.

10).

(2) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 43. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/2/EC.
(3) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/2/EC.
(4) OJ L 33, 8.2.1979, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

In part A of Annex II to Directive 86/362/EEC the following rows are added:

Article 1

Pesticide residue

‘— Mercury compounds

— Camphechlor (chlorinated camphen with 67-69 %

chlorine)

— 1,2-Dibromoethane

— 1,2-Dichloroethane

— Dinoseb

— Binapacryl

— Nitrofen

— Ethylene oxyde (sum of ethylene oxyde and 2-

chloro-ethanol expressed as ethylene oxyde)

(*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.’

Maximum level in

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,1 (*) Cereals

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,01 (*) Cereals

0,02 (*) Cereals

In part A of Annex II to Directive 86/363/EEC the following rows are added:

Article 2

Pesticide residue

Of fat contained in
meat, preparations of
meat, offals and animal
fats listed in Annex I
within CN code Nos
0201, 0202, 0203,
0204, 0205 00 00,
0206, 0207, ex 0208,
0209 00, 0210,
1601 00 and 1602 (i)
(iv)

Maximum level (mg/kg)

For cow's milk and
whole cream cow's
milk listed in Annex 1
within CN code No
0401; for the other
foodstuffs within CN
code Nos. 0401, 0402,
0405 00, 0406 in
accordance with (ii) (iv)

Of shelled fresh eggs, in
birds' eggs and egg
yolks listed in Annex 1
within CN code Nos
0407 00 and 0408 (iii)
(iv)

‘— Nitrofen

— Sum of mercury compounds

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

— Camphechlor (sum of the three indi-
cator compounds ParlarNo. 26, 50 and
62 (**))

0,05 (**) except
poultry

— 1,2-dichloroethane

— Binapacryl

— Ethylene oxyde (sum of ethylene oxyde
as

expressed

and 2-chloro-ethanol
ethylene oxyde)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,02 (*)

— Captafol

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.

(*)
(**) Parlar No 26 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,10,10-octachlorobornane

Parlar No 50 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane
Parlar No 62 2,2,5,5,8,9,9,10,10,-nonachlorobornane.’

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In part B of Annex II to Directive 86/363/EEC the following rows are added:

Article 3

Maximum level (mg/kg)

Pesticide residue

Of meat, including fat,
preparations of meat, offals
and animal fats as listed in
Annex I within CN code Nos
0201, 0202, 0203, 0204,
0205 00 00, 0206, 0207,
ex 0208, 0209 00, 0210,
1601 00 and 1602

For milk and milk products
listed in Annex 1 within CN
code Nos 0401, 0402,
0405 00 and 0406

Of shelled fresh eggs, for
bird’s eggs and egg yolks
listed in Annex 1 within CN
code Nos. 0407 00 and 0408

‘Dinoseb

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

(*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.’

Article 4

The maximum residue levels listed in the Annex to this Directive are added to those listed in Annex II to
Directive 90/642/EEC for the pesticides in question.

Article 5

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, eight months after the adoption of this Directive at the latest,
the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between
those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from nine months after the adoption of this Directive.

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

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law
which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

Article 6

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 7

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

‘1.

fresh,

Fruit,
uncooked,
freezing,
added sugar; nuts

not

dried
preserved

or
by
containing

i)

CITRUS FRUIT

Grapefruit

Lemons

Limes

Mandarins
clementines
hybrids)

(including
and other

Oranges

Pomelos

Others

ii)

TREE NUTS (shelled or
unshelled)

Almonds

Brazil nuts

Cashew nuts

Chestnuts

Coconuts

Hazelnuts

Macadamia

Pecans

Pine nuts

Pistachios

Walnuts

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

iii)

POME FRUIT

Apples

Pears

Quinces

Others

iv)

STONE FRUIT

Apricots

Cherries

Peaches
nectarines
hybrids)

(including
and similar

Plums

Others

v)

BERRIES AND SMALL
FRUIT

a) Table
grapes

and wine

Table grapes

Wine grapes

b)

Strawberries
than wild)

(other

c) Cane

fruit

(other

than wild)

Blackberries

Dewberries

Loganberries

Raspberries

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

d) Other small fruit &
berries (other
than
wild)

Bilberries

Cranberries

Currants (red, black
and white)

Gooseberries

Others

e) Wild

berries

and

wild fruit

vi) MISCELLANEOUS

Avocados

Bananas

Dates

Figs

Kiwi

Kumquats

Litchis

Mangoes

Olives

Passion fruit

Pineapples

Pomegranate

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

2. Vegetables,

fresh

or

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

uncooked, frozen or dry

i)

ROOT
VEGETABLES

AND TUBER

Beetroot

Carrots

Celeriac

Horseradish

Jerusalem artichokes

Parsnips

Parsley root

Radishes

Salsify

Sweet potatoes

Swedes

Turnips

Yam

Others

ii)

BULB VEGETABLES

Garlic

Onions

Shallots

Spring onions

Others

0,02 (1)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

iii)

FRUITING VEGETABLES

a)

Solanacea

0,01 (*)

Tomatoes

Peppers

Aubergines

Others

b) Cucurbits — edible

0,02 (2)

peel

Cucumbers

Gherkins

Courgettes

Others

c) Cucurbits-inedible

0,03 (3)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

peel

Melons

Squashes

Watermelons

Others

d)

Sweet corn

iv)

BRASSICA VEGETABLES

a)

Flowering brassica

Broccoli
Calabrese)

(including

Cauliflower

Others

b) Head brassica

Brussels sprouts

Head cabbage

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

c)

Leafy brassica

Chinese cabbage

Kale

Others

d) Kohlrabi

v)

LEAF
AND FRESH HERBS

VEGETABLES

0,01 (*)

a)

Lettuce & similar

Cress

Lamb's lettuce

Lettuce

Scarole
endive)

Others

(broad-leaf

b)

Spinach & similar

Spinach

Beet leaves (chard)

Others

c) Water cress

d) Witloof

e) Herbs

Chervil

Chives

Parsley

Celery leaves

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

vi)

LEGUME VEGETABLES
(fresh)

0,01 (*)

Beans (with pods)

Beans (without pods)

Peas (with pods)

Peas (without pods)

Others

vii)

STEM
(fresh)

VEGETABLES

0,01 (*)

Asparagus

Cardoons

Celery

Fennel

Globe artichokes

Leek

Rhubarb

Others

viii) FUNGI

0,01 (*)

a) Cultivated
rooms

mush-

b) Wild mushrooms

3. PULSES

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

Beans

Lentils

Peas

Others

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Pesticide residue and maximum residue level (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual
products to which the MRLs would
apply

Sum of
mercury
compounds
expressed as
mercury

Aldrin and
dieldrin
combined
expressed as
dieldrin

Chlordane
(sum of cis-
and trans-
chlordane)

HCH, Sum
of isomers
except the
gamma
isomer

Hexa-chloro-
benzene

Ethylene
oxyde (sum
of ethylene
oxyde and 2-
chloro-
ethanol
expressed as
ethylene
oxyde)

Nitrofen

1,2-dichloro-
ethane

4. OILSEEDS

0,02 (*)

0,02 (4)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,2 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

Linseed

Peanuts

Poppy seed

Sesame seed

Sunflower seed

Rape seed

Soya bean

Mustard seed

Cotton seed

Others

5. POTATOES

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,1 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

Early potatoes

Ware potatoes

6. TEA (dried leaves and stalks,
otherwise,

fermented
or
Camellia sinensis)

7. HOPS (dried),

pellets
powder

and

including hop
unconcentrated

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,2 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,2 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,02 (*)

Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.

(*)
(1) Based on background levels due to use of dieldrin and aldrin in the past.
(2) Based on background levels due to use of dieldrin and aldrin in the past.
(3) Based on background levels due to use of dieldrin and aldrin in the past.
(4) Monitoring data show that levels of up to 0,02 mg/kg of dieldrin can be found of pumpkin seeds used for oil extraction.’