Commission Regulation (EU) No 481/2013 of 24 May 2013 adapting Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 as regards the number of samples to be taken and analysed by Croatia for the pesticide/product combinations  Text with EEA relevance

25.5.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 139/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 481/2013
of 24 May 2013
adapting Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 as regards the number of samples to be taken and analysed by Croatia for the pesticide/product combinations
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Croatia is expected to accede to the Union on 1 July 2013.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 of 31 August 2012 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2013, 2014 and 2015 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (1) sets out in its Annex II the number of samples per Member State that has to be taken and analysed in accordance with Article 1 of that Regulation.
(3) As data from only half a year would not be fully comparable with those of other Member States collected during the whole year 2013, Croatia should participate to the coordinated multiannual programmes of the Union as from January 2014.
(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 should therefore be adapted accordingly,