Commission Directive 2007/39/EC of 26 June 2007 amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crop production, food inspection, fruit, marketing standard, pesticide residue, vegetable

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/39/EC

of 26 June 2007

amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for
diazinon

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of pesticide residues at or below the new MRLs will
not cause acute toxic effects.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 (1), and in particular Article 7
thereof,

fixing of maximum levels

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The rapporteur Member State informed the Commission
it might be necessary to revise the MRLs for
that
light of
diazinon in Directive 90/642/EEC in the
concerns about consumer
the
for
intake. Proposals
review of Community MRLs were submitted to the
Commission.

Community MRLs and the levels recommended by the
Codex Alimentarius are fixed and evaluated following
similar procedures. There are a number Codex MRLs
for diazinon. The Community MRLs based on Codex
MRLs have also been evaluated by the rapporteur
Member State in the light of the new information on
the risk for the consumers.

The lifetime and short-term exposure of consumers to
diazinon via food products has been reassessed and
evaluated in accordance with Community procedures
and practices, taking account of guidelines published by
the World Health Organisation (2). On that basis,
it is
appropriate to fix new MRLs, which will ensure that
there is no unacceptable consumer exposure.

(4) Where relevant,

the acute exposure of consumers to
diazinon via each of
that may
contain residues has been assessed and evaluated in
accordance with Community procedures and practices,
taking account of guidelines published by the World
Health Organisation. It is concluded that the presence

the food products

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

It is therefore necessary to modify the MRLs set out in
Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, to allow for proper
surveillance and control of the prohibition of their uses
and to protect the consumer.

Through the World Trade Organisation, the Community’s
trading partners have been consulted about
the new
MRLs and their comments on these levels have been
taken into account.

Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 90/642/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex
to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 27 December 2007
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 28 December 2007.

(1) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by
Commission Directive 2007/28/EC (OJ L 135, 26.5.2007, p. 6).
(2) Guidelines for predicting dietary intake of pesticide residues (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).

When Member States adopt those provisions, 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.

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This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

In Part A of Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, the lines for diazinon are replaced by the following:

Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

‘

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar;

nuts

(i) CITRUS FRUIT

Grapefruit

Lemons

Limes

Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids)

Oranges

Pomelos

Others

(ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled)

Almonds

Brazil nuts

Cashew nuts

Chestnuts

Coconuts

Hazelnuts

Macadamia

Pecans

Pine nuts

Pistachios

Walnuts

Others

(iii) POME FRUIT

Apples

Pears

Quinces

Others

(iv) STONE FRUIT

Apricots

Cherries

Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids)

Plums

Others

0,01 (*)

0,05

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

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Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

(v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT

(a) Table and wine grapes

Table grapes

Wine grapes

(b) Strawberries (other than wild)

(c) Cane fruit (other than wild)

Blackberries

Dewberries

Loganberries

Raspberries

Others

(d) Other small fruit and 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 (table consumption)

Olives (oil extraction)

Papaya

Passion fruit

Pineapples

Pomegranate

Others

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,2

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,3

0,01 (*)

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Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry

(i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES

Beetroot

Carrots

Cassava

Celeriac

Horseradish

Jerusalem artichokes

Parsnips

Parsley root

Radishes

Salsify

Sweet potatoes

Swedes

Turnips

Yam

Others

(ii) BULB VEGETABLES

Garlic

Onions

Shallots

Spring onions

Others

(iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES

(a) Solanacea

Tomatoes

Peppers

Aubergines

Okra

Others

(b) Cucurbits — edible peel

Cucumbers

Gherkins

Courgettes

Others

0,1

0,01 (*)

0,05

0,01 (*)

0,05

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

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Diazinon

0,01 (*)

0,02

0,01 (*)

0,5

0,01 (*)

0,05

0,01 (*)

0,2

0,01 (*)

Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

(c) Cucurbits — inedible peel

Melons

Squashes

Watermelons

Others

(d) Sweet corn

(iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES

(a) Flowering brassica

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Others

(b) Head brassica

Brussels sprouts

Head cabbage

Others

(c) Leafy brassica

Chinese cabbage

Kale

Others

(d) Kohlrabi

(v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS

(a) Lettuce and similar

Cress

Lamb's lettuce

Lettuce

Scarole (broad-leaf endive)

Ruccola

Leaves and stems of brassica

Others

(b) Spinach and similar

Spinach

Beet leaves (chard)

Others

(c) Water cress

(d) Witloof

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Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

(e) Herbs

Chervil

Chives

Parsley

Celery leaves

Others

(vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh)

0,01 (*)

Beans (with pods)

Beans (without pods)

Peas (with pods)

Peas (without pods)

Others

(vii) STEM VEGETABLES (fresh)

0,01 (*)

Asparagus

Cardoons

Celery

Fennel

Globe artichokes

Leek

Rhubarb

Others

(viii) FUNGI

(a) Cultivated mushrooms

(b) Wild mushrooms

3. Pulses

Beans

Lentils

Peas

Lupines

Others

4. Oil seed

Linseed

Peanuts

Poppy seeds

Sesame seeds

0,01 (*)

0,01 (*)

0,02 (*)

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Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

Sunflower seed

Rape seed

Soya bean

Mustard seed

Cotton seed

Hemp seed

Others

5. Potatoes

Early potatoes

Ware potatoes

6. Tea (leaves and stems, dried, fermented or otherwise, from the leaves of Camellia

sinensis)

7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder

(*) Indicates the lower limit of analytical determination.’

0,01 (*)

0,02 (*)

0,5