Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2010 of 8 July 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards additions and modification of the examples of related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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/EEC (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Several Member States have requested minor modifications and additions in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, in the column ‘Examples of related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies’.

(2) These modifications and additions are necessary to include in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 new fruits, vegetables and cereals which have become available on the market in the Member States.

(3) It is appropriate to add the following fruits, vegetables, cereals and animal products: mineola, sloe, arctic bramble, nectar raspberry, physalis, limequats, mangosteen, dragon fruit (red pitaya), tiger nut (chufa), kiwiberry, lovage roots, angelica roots, gentiana roots, tree tomato, gojiberry, wolfberry, choi sum, portuguese kale, portuguese cabbage, leaves of peas and radish, amaranthus spinach and seeds, agretti, seeds of cucurbitacea other than pumpkin, quinoa, elderflowers, ginkgo leaves, edible flowers, mint and game. Cowberries are moved from the category blueberries into the category cranberries. The Latin name for grapes is changed according to the international nomenclature.

(4) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and neither the European Parliament nor the Council has opposed them,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 8 July 2010.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1.