Commission Directive 2007/39/EC

of 26 June 2007

amending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables1, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The rapporteur Member State informed the Commission that it might be necessary to revise the MRLs for diazinon in Directive 90/642/EEC in the light of concerns about consumer intake. Proposals for the review of Community MRLs were submitted to the Commission.

(2)

Community MRLs and the levels recommended by the Codex Alimentarius are fixed and evaluated following similar procedures. There are a number Codex MRLs for diazinon. The Community MRLs based on Codex MRLs have also been evaluated by the rapporteur Member State in the light of the new information on the risk for the consumers.

(3)

The lifetime and short-term exposure of consumers to diazinon via food products has been reassessed and evaluated in accordance with Community procedures and practices, taking account of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation2. On that basis, it is appropriate to fix new MRLs, which will ensure that there is no unacceptable consumer exposure.

(4)

Where relevant, the acute exposure of consumers to diazinon via each of the food products that may contain residues has been assessed and evaluated in accordance with Community procedures and practices, taking account of guidelines published by the World Health Organisation. It is concluded that the presence of pesticide residues at or below the new MRLs will not cause acute toxic effects.

(5)

It is therefore necessary to modify the MRLs set out in Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, to allow for proper surveillance and control of the prohibition of their uses and to protect the consumer.

(6)

Through the World Trade Organisation, the Community’s trading partners have been consulted about the new MRLs and their comments on these levels have been taken into account.

(7)

Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 90/642/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish, by 27 December 2007 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 28 December 2007.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2007.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

In Part A of Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC, the lines for diazinon are replaced by the following:

Pesticide residues and maximum residue levels (mg/kg)

‘Groups and examples of individual products to which the MRLs apply

Diazinon

1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar; nuts

(i)

CITRUS FRUIT

0,013

Grapefruit

Lemons

Limes

Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids)

Oranges

Pomelos

Others

(ii)

TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled)

Almonds

0,05

Brazil nuts

Cashew nuts

Chestnuts

Coconuts

Hazelnuts

Macadamia

Pecans

Pine nuts

Pistachios

Walnuts

Others

0,013

(iii)

POME FRUIT

0,013

Apples

Pears

Quinces

Others

(iv)

STONE FRUIT

0,013

Apricots

Cherries

Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids)

Plums

Others

(v)

BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT

(a)

Table and wine grapes

0,013

Table grapes

Wine grapes

(b)

Strawberries (other than wild)

0,013

(c)

Cane fruit (other than wild)

0,013

Blackberries

Dewberries

Loganberries

Raspberries

Others

(d)

Other small fruit and berries (other than wild)

Bilberries

Cranberries

0,2

Currants (red, black and white)

Gooseberries

Others

0,013

(e)

Wild berries and wild fruit

0,013

(vi)

MISCELLANEOUS

Avocados

Bananas

Dates

Figs

Kiwi

Kumquats

Litchis

Mangoes

Olives (table consumption)

Olives (oil extraction)

Papaya

Passion fruit

Pineapples

0,3

Pomegranate

Others

0,013

2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry

(i)

ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES

Beetroot

Carrots

Cassava

Celeriac

Horseradish

Jerusalem artichokes

Parsnips

Parsley root

Radishes

0,1

Salsify

Sweet potatoes

Swedes

Turnips

Yam

Others

0,013

(ii)

BULB VEGETABLES

Garlic

Onions

0,05

Shallots

Spring onions

Others

0,013

(iii)

FRUITING VEGETABLES

(a)

Solanacea

Tomatoes

Peppers

0,05

Aubergines

Okra

Others

0,013

(b)

Cucurbits — edible peel

0,013

Cucumbers

Gherkins

Courgettes

Others

(c)

Cucurbits — inedible peel

0,013

Melons

Squashes

Watermelons

Others

(d)

Sweet corn

0,02

(iv)

BRASSICA VEGETABLES

(a)

Flowering brassica

0,013

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Others

(b)

Head brassica

Brussels sprouts

Head cabbage

0,5

Others

0,013

(c)

Leafy brassica

Chinese cabbage

0,05

Kale

Others

0,013

(d)

Kohlrabi

0,2

(v)

LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS

0,013

(a)

Lettuce and similar

Cress

Lamb's lettuce

Lettuce

Scarole (broad-leaf endive)

Ruccola

Leaves and stems of brassica

Others

(b)

Spinach and similar

Spinach

Beet leaves (chard)

Others

(c)

Water cress

(d)

Witloof

(e)

Herbs

Chervil

Chives

Parsley

Celery leaves

Others

(vi)

LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh)

0,013

Beans (with pods)

Beans (without pods)

Peas (with pods)

Peas (without pods)

Others

(vii)

STEM VEGETABLES (fresh)

0,013

Asparagus

Cardoons

Celery

Fennel

Globe artichokes

Leek

Rhubarb

Others

(viii)

FUNGI

0,013

(a)

Cultivated mushrooms

(b)

Wild mushrooms

3.

Pulses

0,013

Beans

Lentils

Peas

Lupines

Others

4.

Oil seed

0,023

Linseed

Peanuts

Poppy seeds

Sesame seeds

Sunflower seed

Rape seed

Soya bean

Mustard seed

Cotton seed

Hemp seed

Others

5.

Potatoes

0,013

Early potatoes

Ware potatoes

6.

Tea (leaves and stems, dried, fermented or otherwise, from the leaves of Camellia sinensis)

0,023

7.

Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder

0,5

Indicates the lower limit of analytical determination.’