LegalizeCommission Regulation (EC) No 178/2006 of 1 February 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council to establish Annex I listing the food and feed products to which maximum levels for pesticide residues apply (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in and on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EE (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, Annexes I, II, III and IV to that Regulation are to be established by the Commission, their establishment being a condition for the application of Chapters II, III and V of that Regulation.
(2) It is necessary to include in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 all products for which presently Community or national MRLs exist as well as those for which it is appropriate to apply harmonised MRLs.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
(5) Individual MRLs have not yet been required for fish, and for crops exclusively meant for animal feed, and no information is available as a basis for setting MRLs. It is appropriate to allow for the time needed to generate or collect this information. It is considered that a time period of three years should be sufficient to generate or collect this information,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The text in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 1 February 2006.
For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission
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