Commission Recommendation of 4 February 2008 concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for 2008 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 2009 (notified under document number C(2008) 369) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-02-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, cereals, consumer protection, foodstuffs legislation, fruit, pesticide residue, plant health control, plant health legislation, vegetable

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RECOMMENDATIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 4 February 2008

concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for 2008 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 2009

(notified under document number C(2008) 369)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/103/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
should be
on the monitoring of pesticide residues
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 20-30 food products. In view of
for pesticide
the resources available at national

level

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-
30 food products over a series of three-year cycles.

Residues of the pesticides covered by this Recommen-
dation should be monitored in 2008, as this will allow
using these data for the estimation of actual dietary
exposure to them. As monitoring has to cover three-
year cycles and to allow Member States to submit their
monitoring programmes for 2009, this Recommendation
should further set out indications for the monitoring to
be carried out in 2009 and 2010.

On the basis of a binomial probability distribution, it can
be calculated that examination of 642 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 not less than 1 % of
products of plant origin contain residues above that limit.
Collection of
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.

these samples

Guidelines concerning ‘Quality Control Procedures for
Pesticide Residue Analysis’
are published on the
Commission website (3). 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.

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

last amended by
Commission Directive 2007/73/EC (OJ L 329, 14.12.2007, p. 40).
(2) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Directive

2007/73/EC.

(3) Document SANCO/3131/2007 of 31 October 2007

(http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/protection/resources/
qualcontrol_en.pdf).

(5)

(6)

(7)

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Commission Directive 2002/63/EC of 11 July 2002
establishing Community methods of sampling for the
official control of pesticide residues in and on products
of plant and animal origin and repealing Directive
79/700/EEC (1) incorporates the sampling methods and
procedures recommended by the Codex Alimentarius
Commission.

been developed for supply of data by e-mail from the
Member States
to the Commission. Member States
should therefore be able to send their reports to the
Commission in the standard format. The further deve-
lopment of such a standard format is most effectively
undertaken by the development of guidelines by the
Commission.

Regarding the analysis of animal products expected to be
carry out from 2009 onwards, the official
laboratories
need to know well in advance in order to be adapted to
this recommendation, which pesticides and commodities
of animal origin are going to be sought, these combi-
nations are indicated in Annex I with a (d).

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 on official controls performed to ensure
the verification of compliance with feed and food law,
animal health and animal welfare rules (2). As regards the
accreditation of laboratories, the derogation provided for
in Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2076/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down transi-
tional arrangements for the implementation of Regu-
lations (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)
No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004
and (EC) No 854/2004 (3),
taken into
account. The number and type of
infringements and
the action taken should also be indicated.

should be

(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 (4) and Article 7 of
Commission Directive 2006/125/EC of 5 December
2006 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods
for infants and young children (5).

(9)

Information on the results of monitoring programmes is
particularly appropriate for treatment, storage and trans-
mission by electronic/informatics methods. Formats have

(1) OJ L 187, 16.7.2002, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,
p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1246/2007 (OJ L 281, 25.10.2007, p. 21).

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

2006/82/EC (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 94).

(5) OJ L 339, 6.12.2006, p. 16.

(10)

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 2008, to take and
analyse samples for the product/pesticide residue combi-
nations set out in Annex I except for animal products (d)
that it will be for 2009 onwards. The number of samples of
each product are allocated to them in Annex II, reflecting as
appropriate, national, Community and third country share of
the Member State’s market.

The lot to be sampled should be chosen randomly, in line
with a monitoring approach.

The sampling procedure,
should be in line with Directive 2002/63/EC.

including the number of units,

2. The samples taken and analysed by each Member State in
accordance with Annexes I and II, should include at least:

(a) 10 samples of baby food based mainly on vegetables,

fruits or cereals;

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

3. 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 2009 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.

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

to
concerning

implementation

States with

The results concerning samples taken from baby food and
farming should be
produce originating from organic
reported in separate datasheets.

5. Member States are invited to send to the Commission and to
the other Member States, by 31 August 2008 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 2007 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;

(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 Article
12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, including the scope

of the accreditation, the accreditation body and a copy of
the accreditation certificate, of the laboratories carrying
out the analyses;

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

which the laboratory has participated.

6. Member States are invited to send to the Commission, by 30
intended national
September 2008 at
the latest,
programme for monitoring maximum pesticide residue
levels fixed by Directives 90/642/EEC and 86/362/EEC for
the year 2009, including information on:

their

(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.

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

PESTICIDE/PRODUCT COMBINATIONS TO BE MONITORED

2008

2009 (*)

2010 (*)

Acephate

Acetamiprid

Aldicarb

Amitraz

Azinphos-methyl

Azoxystrobin

Benomyl + carbendazim
(expressed as carbendazim)

Bifenthrin

Bromide total

Bromopropylate

Bupirimate

Buprofezin

Captan

Folpet

Carbaryl

chlofentezin

Chlormequat (**)

Chlorothalonil

Chlorpropham

Chlorpyriphos

Chlorpyriphos-methyl

Cypermethrin

Cyprodinil

Deltamethrin

Diazinon

Dichlofluanid

Dichlorvos

Dicofol

Dimethoate + Omethoate
(sum expressed as dimethoate)

Dinocap

Diphenylamine

Endosulfan

fenarimol

Fenhexamid

Fenitrothion

Fludioxonil

flusilazole

(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)

(a)

(a)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(c)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

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2008

2009 (*)

2010 (*)

Glyphosate (***)

Hexaconazole

Hexythiazox

Imazalil

Imidacloprid

Indoxacarb

Iprodione

Iprovalicarb

Kresoxim-methyl

Lambda-cyhalothrin

Malathion

Maneb group

Mepanipyrim

Mepiquat (**)

Metalaxyl

Methamidophos

Methidathion

Methiocarb

Methomyl/Thiodicarb
(sum expressed as methomyl)

Myclobutanil

Oxydemeton-methyl

Parathion

Penconazole

Phosalone

Pirimicarb

Pirimiphos-methyl

Prochloraz

Procymidone

Profenofos

Propargite

Pyrethrins

Pyrimethanil

Pyriproxyfen

Oxamyl

Quinoxyfen

Spiroxamine

Tebuconazole

Thiophanate-methyl

Tebufenozide

trifloxystrobin

(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)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(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)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b) (d)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

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Thiabendazole

Tolcloflos-methyl

Tolylfluanid

Triademefon + Triadimenol
(expressed as sum of triadimenol and
triadimefon)

Vinclozolin

Boscalid

Carbofuran

Chlorfenvinphos

Cyfluthrin (including beta-)

Difenoconazole

Dimethomorph

Ethion

Fenoxycarb

Fipronil

Flufenoxuron

Formetanate

Linuron

Monocrotophos

Parathion-Methyl

Phosmet

Pyridaben

Tebufenpyrad

Teflubenzuron

Tetradifon

Thiacloprid

Triazophos

Propamocarb

Haloxyfop

Fluazifop

2,4-D

Abamectin (sum)

Acrinathrin

Bitertanol

Chlorfenapyr

Clothianidin

Dicloran

Epoxiconazole

Fenazaquin

Fenpropimorph

Fenthion (sum)

2008

2009 (*)

2010 (*)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(b)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(b) (d)

(b) (d)

(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)

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2008

2009 (*)

2010 (*)

Fenvalerate/Esfenvalerate (sum)

Lufenuron

Methoxyfenozide

Oxadixyl

Pendimethalin

Phenthoate

Propiconazole

Propyzamide

Spinosad (sum)

Tetraconazole

Thiamethoxam

Trifluralin

Aldrin

Azinphos-ethyl

Chlordane-cis

Chlordane-trans

Oxychlordane

Chlorfenvinphos (sum of isomers)

Chlorobenzilate

Cyfluthrin (sum of isomers)

DDD-p,p’

DDE-p,p’

DDT-o,p’

DDT-p,p’

Deltamethrin

Diazinon

Dieldrin

Endosulfan-alpha

Endosulfan-beta

Endosulfan sulphate

Endrin

Fenthion

Fenvalerat/Esfenvalerat
(sum of RS/SR and RR/SS isomers)

Formothion

HCB

HCH-alpha

HCH-beta

HCH-gamma (lindane)

Heptachlor

Heptachlor epoxide (cis)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(c)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

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2008

2009 (*)

2010 (*)

Heptachlor epoxide (trans)

Methacrifos

Methidathion

4,4’-Methoxychlor

Nitrofen

Parathion

Parathion-methyl

Parlar 26 (Camphechlor)

Parlar 50 (Camphechlor)

Parlar 62 (Camphechlor)

Permethrin (sum of isomers)

Pirimiphos-methyl

Profenofos

Pyrazophos

Quintozene

Resmethrin (sum of isomers)

Tecnazene

Triazophos

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(d)

(a) Beans (fresh or frozen, without pod), carrots, cucumbers, oranges or mandarins, pears, potatoes, rice, spinach (fresh or

frozen).

(b) Aubergines, bananas, cauliflower, table 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,

strawberries.

(d) Butter, Ham (smoked or air-dried), Egg (liquid or dried).

(*) Indicative for 2009 and 2010 subject to programmes which will be recommended for these years.
(**) Chlormequat and mepiquat should be analysed in cereals (excluding rice), carrots, fruiting vegetables and pears.
(***) Only cereals.

(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

Country code

Samples

Country code

Samples

AT

BE

BG

CY

CZ

DE

DK

ES

EE

EL

FR

FI

HU

IT

12 (*)
15 (**)

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

RO

SE

SI

SK

UK

Total minimum number of samples: 642

(*) 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

17

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

12 (*)
15 (**)

66