Commission Recommendation of  18 January 2006  concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for 2006 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain other products of plant origin and national monitoring programmes for 2007  (notified under document number C(2006) 11)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-01-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, exchange of information, food inspection, fruit, pesticide residue, plant health control, vegetable

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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 18 January 2006

concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for 2006 to ensure compliance with
maximum levels of pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain other products of plant origin
and national monitoring programmes for 2007

(notified under document number C(2006) 11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/26/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 211 thereof,

establishing the European

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) and in particular Article 7(2)(b) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27
November 1990 on the
for
pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin,
including fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular Article
4(2)(b) thereof,

fixing of maximum levels

Whereas:

(1)

Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC provide that the
Commission should progressively work towards a system
which would permit the estimation of dietary exposure
to pesticides. To make realistic estimations possible, data
on the monitoring of pesticide residues
should be
available in a number of food products which constitute
major components of the European diet. It is generally
recognised that major components of the European diet
are constituted by some 20 to 30 food products. In view
of the resources available at national level for pesticide
residue monitoring, Member States are only able to
analyse samples of eight products each year within a
coordinated monitoring programme.
Pesticide uses
show changes within the timescale of three-year cycles.
Each pesticide should thus generally be monitored in 20
to 30 food products over a series of three-year cycles.

(2)

Residues of the pesticides covered by this Recommen-
dation should be monitored in 2006, as this will allow
using these data for the estimation of actual dietary
exposure to them.

(3)

A systematic statistical approach to numbers of samples
to be taken in each coordinated monitoring exercise is

(1) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 37. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2005/76/EC (OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 14).
(2) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Directive

2005/76/EC.

(4)

(5)

(6)

necessary. Such an approach has been set out by the
Codex Alimentarius Commission (3). On the basis of a
binomial probability distribution, it can be calculated that
examination of 613 samples allows with a certainty of
more than 99 %, the detection of a sample containing
pesticide residues above the limit of determination (LOD),
provided that less than 1 % of products of plant origin
contain residues above that
these
samples should be apportioned between Member States
on the basis of population and consumer numbers, with
a minimum of 12 samples per product and per year.

limit. Collection of

Guidelines concerning ‘Quality Control Procedures for
Pesticide Residue Analysis’
are published on the
Commission website (4). It is agreed that these guidelines
should be applied as far as possible by the analytical
laboratories of
the Member States and should be
reviewed continuously in the light of experience gained
in the monitoring programmes.

2002/63/EC
sampling for

Commission
Directive
establishes
the official
Community methods of
control of pesticide residues in and on products of
plant
repealing Directive
79/700/EEC (5). The sampling methods and procedures
laid down in this Directive incorporate those recom-
mended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

animal origin and

and

inspection programmes.

Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC require Member
States to specify the criteria applied in drawing up their
national
Such information
should include the criteria applied in determining the
numbers of samples to be taken and analyses to be
carried out and the reporting levels applied, the criteria
by which the reporting levels have been fixed and details
of accreditation under the Regulation (EC) No 882/2004
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
April 2004, animal health and animal welfare rules on
official controls performed to ensure the verification of
compliance with feed and food law (6). The number and
type of infringements and the action taken should also
be indicated.

(3) Codex Alimentarius, Pesticide Residues in Foodstuffs, Rome 1994,

ISBN 92-5-203271-1; Vol. 2, p. 372.

(4) Document

number

SANCO/10476/2003,

http://europa.eu.int/

comm/food/plant/protection/resources/qualcontrol_en.pdf

(5) OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 30.
(6) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1.

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(7)

(8)

Maximum residue levels for baby food have been estab-
lished in accordance with Article 6 of Commission
Directive 91/321/EEC of 14 May 1991 on infant
formulae and follow-on formulae (1) and Article 6 of
16
Commission Directive
February 1996 on processed cereal-based foods and
baby foods for infants and young children (2).

Euratom of

96/5/EC,

Information on the results of monitoring programmes is
particularly appropriate for treatment, storage and trans-
mission by electronic/informatics methods. Formats have
been developed for supply of data by e-mail from the
Member States. Member States should therefore be able
to send their reports to the Commission in the standard
format. The further development of such a standard
format is most effectively undertaken by the development
of guidelines by the Commission.

(9)

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

HEREBY RECOMMENDS:

1. Member States are invited, during the year 2006, to take and
analyse samples for the product/pesticide residue combi-
nations set out in Annex I, on the basis of the number of
samples of each product allocated to them in Annex II,
reflecting as appropriate, national, Community and third
country share of the Member State's market.

The sampling procedure,
including the number of units,
should be in line with Commission Directive 2002/63/EC.

endosulfan

2. For pesticides posing an acute risk i.e. where an ARfD is set
(e.g. OP-esters,
and N-methylcarbamates)
sampling should be done in such a way to allow the
selection of two laboratory samples. If the first laboratory
sample contains a detectable residue of a targeted pesticide,
the units of the second sample should be analysed indivi-
dually. This applies to the following products:

— Aubergines

— Grapes (3)

— Bananas

— Pepper

(1) OJ L 175, 4.7.1991, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/14/EC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 37).

(2) OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/13/EC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 33).

(3) For grapes the unit (i.e. standard bunch) is considered to have a size

of about 500 g.

Of these products a reasonable number of samples should
also be subjected to individual analysis of the individual units
within the second laboratory sample in case such pesticides
are detected in the first sample and particularly if it is the
produce of a single producer.

3. Of the total amount of samples as given according to Annex

I and II, each Member State should take and analyse:

(a) at least ten samples of baby food based mainly on vege-

tables, fruits or cereals;

(b) a number of samples (with a minimum of one sample,
where available) from produce originating from organic
farming that reflects the market share of organic produce
in each Member State.

4. Member States are invited to report

the
analysis of samples tested for the product/pesticide residue
combinations set out in Annex I by 31 August 2007 at the
latest, indicating:

the results of

(a) The

analytical methods used and reporting levels
achieved,
control
in accordance with the quality
procedures set out in the Quality Control Procedures
for Pesticide Residue Analysis;

(b) The number and type of infringements and the action

taken.

5. The report should be produced in a format — including the
electronic format — conforming to the guidance to the
of
Member
regard
coordinated
Commission
recommendations
Community monitoring programmes provided by
the
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.

to
concerning

implementation

States with

The result on samples of baby food and on samples taken
from produce originating from organic farming should be
reported in separate datasheets.

6. Member States are invited to send to the Commission and to
the other Member States, by 31 August 2006 at the latest,
the information required under Article 7(3) of Directive
86/362/EEC and Article 4(3) of Directive 90/642/EEC
concerning the 2005 monitoring exercise to ensure, at
least by check sampling,
compliance with maximum
pesticide residue levels including:

(a) The results of

their national programmes concerning

pesticide residues;

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(b) Information on their

laboratories

in particular,

control
quality
information concerning
procedures and,
aspects of
the guidelines concerning Quality Control
Procedures for Pesticide Residue Analysis which they
have not been able to apply or have had difficulty in
applying;

(c)

Information on accreditation in accordance with the
provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No
882/2004 (including scope of the accreditation, accred-
itation body and copy of accreditation certificate) of the
laboratories carrying out the analyses;

levels fixed by Directives 90/642/EEC and 86/362/EEC for
the year 2007, including information on:

(a) The criteria applied in determining the number of
samples to be taken and analyses to be carried out,

(b) The reporting levels applied and the criteria by which the

reporting levels have been fixed, and

(c) Details of accreditation, under Regulation (EC) No
882/2004, of the laboratories carrying out analyses.

(d) Information about the proficiency tests and ring tests in

which the laboratory has participated.

Done at Brussels, 18 January 2006.

7. Member States are invited to send to the Commission, by 30
September 2006 at
intended national
the latest,
programme for monitoring maximum pesticide residue

their

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

PESTICIDE/PRODUCT COMBINATIONS TO BE MONITORED

Pesticide residue to be analysed for

2006

2007 (*)

2008 (*)

Acephate

Acetamiprid

Aldicarb

Azinphos-methyl

Azoxystrobin

Benomyl group

Bifenthrin

Bromopropylate

Bupirimate

Buprofezin

Captan + Folpet
Captan
Folpet

Carbaryl

Chlormequat (**)

Chlorothalonil

Chlorpropham

Chlorpyriphos

Chlorpyriphos-methyl

Cypermethrin

Cyprodinil

Deltamethrin

Diazinon

Dichlofluanid

Dichlorvos

Dicofol

Dimethoate + Omethoate
Dimethoate
Omethoate

Diphenylamine

Endosulfan

Fenhexamid

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

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Pesticide residue to be analysed for

2006

2007 (*)

2008 (*)

Fenitrothion

Fludioxonil

Hexythiazox

Imazalil

Imidacloprid

Indoxacarb

Iprodione

Iprovalicarb

Kresoxim-methyl

Lambda-cyhalothrin

Malathion

Maneb group

Mepanipyrim

Metalaxyl

Methamidophos

Methidathion

Methiocarb

Methomyl

Myclobutanil

Oxydemeton-methyl

Parathion

Penconazole

Phosalone

Pirimicarb

Pirimiphos-methyl

Prochloraz

Procymidone

Profenofos

Propargite

Pyretrins

Pyrimethanil

Pyriproxyfen

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

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Pesticide residue to be analysed for

2006

2007 (*)

2008 (*)

Quenoxifen

Spiroxamine

Tebuconazole

Tebufenozide

Thiabendazole

Tolcloflos-methyl

Tolylfluanid

Triademefon + Triadimenol
Triademefon
Triadimenol

Vinclozolin

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a) Beans (fresh or frozen), carrots, cucumber, oranges or mandarins, pears, potatoes, rice, spinach (fresh or frozen).
(b) Aubergines, bananas, cauliflower, grapes, orange juice (1), peas (fresh/frozen, without pod), peppers (sweet), wheat.
(c) Apples, head cabbage, leek, lettuce tomatoes, peaches including nectarines and similar hybrids; rye or oats, straw-

berries.

Indicative for 2007 and 2008, subject to programmes which will be recommended for these years.

(*)
(**) Chlormequat should be analysed in cereals, carrots, fruiting vegetables and pears.
(1) For orange juice Member States should specify the source (concentrates or fresh fruits).

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Number of samples of each product to be taken and analysed by each Member State.

ANNEX II

Code country

Samples

Code country

Samples

AT

BE

CY

CZ

DE

DK

ES

EE

EL

FR

FI

HU

IT

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

93

12 (*)
15 (**)

45

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

66

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

65

IE

LU

LT

LV

MT

NL

PT

PL

SE

SI

SK

UK

Total minimum number of samples: 613

(*) Minimum number of samples for each single residue method applied.
(**) Minimum number of samples for each multi-residue method applied.

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

17

12 (*)
15 (**)

45

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

66