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L 224/2

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Official Journal of the European Union
12.9.2023

confirmed in an earlier reasoned opinion 5 that the MRL for pyriproxyfen on banana is safe for consumers, that MRL can be maintained. However, as some information was not available, further consideration by risk managers was required. Therefore, while the MRLs for almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, pine nuts kernels, pome fruits, grapes, table olives, kaki/Japanese persimmons, pineapples, tomatoes, sweet peppers, aubergines, cucurbits with edible peel, watermelons, apricots, peaches, plums, strawberries, mangoes, papayas, melons, cotton seeds, tea, citrus fruits, cherries, kumquats and bananas are considered safe, they will be reviewed.
The review will take into account the information available within two years from the publication of this Regulation. As there is no risk for consumers, it is appropriate to set the MRLs for pyriproxyfen on those products in Annex II to Regulation EC No 396/2005 at the levels identified by the Authority.
4

As the Authority identified that no residue trials were available to derive MRL values for pyriproxyfen on macadamias, avocados, granate apples/pomegranates, cherimoyas, potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams, other root and tuber vegetables except sugar beets, bulb vegetables, okra/ladys fingers, pumpkins, brassica vegetables excluding brassica roots and brassica baby leaf crops, lettuces and salad plants, spinaches and similar leaves, watercresses, witloofs/Belgian endives, herbs and edible flowers, legume vegetables, stem vegetables, beans dry, and soyabeans, further consideration by risk managers was required. In the absence of such trials, which are necessary to derive an MRL value, the Commission considers that it is appropriate to set the MRLs for those products at the product specific LODs set out in Annex II to Regulation EC No 396/2005.

5

The Commission consulted the European Union reference laboratories for residues of pesticides as regards the need to adapt certain LODs. For pyriproxyfen, those laboratories proposed product specific LODs that are analytically achievable.

6

Through the World Trade Organisation, the trading partners of the Union were consulted on the new MRLs and their comments have been taken into account.

7

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

8

To allow for the normal marketing, processing and consumption of products, this Regulation should not apply to products which have been produced in the Union or imported into the Union before the new MRLs become applicable and for which a high level of consumer protection is maintained. This is the case for all products.

9

A reasonable period should be allowed to elapse before the new MRLs become applicable, in order to permit Member States, third countries and food business operators to adapt themselves to the requirements which result from the modification of the MRLs.

10

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1
Annexes II and III to Regulation EC No 396/2005 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2
Regulation EC No 396/2005 as it stood before being amended by this Regulation shall continue to apply to products which were produced in the Union or imported into the Union before 2 April 2024.
5 European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned Opinion on the modification of the existing maximum residue level for pyriproxyfen in bananas; EFSA Journal 2016;142:4387.