1.   The products covered by Annex I shall not contain, from the time they are placed on the market as food or feed, or fed to animals, any pesticide residue exceeding:

2.   Member States may not prohibit or impede the placing on the market or the feeding to food-producing animals within their territories of the products covered by Annex I on the grounds that they contain pesticide residues provided that:

3.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may authorise, further to a post-harvest treatment with a fumigant on their own territory, residue levels for an active substance which exceed the limits specified in Annexes II and III for a product covered by Annex I where the active substance/product combinations are listed in Annex VII provided that:

Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation and defining the active substance/product combinations listed in Annex VII shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 45(3).

4.   In exceptional circumstances, and in particular further to the use of plant protection products in accordance with Article 8(4) of Directive 91/414/EEC or pursuant to obligations set out in Directive 2000/29/EC (*1), a Member State may authorise the placing on the market and/or the feeding to animals within its territory of treated food or feed not complying with paragraph 1, provided that such food or feed does not constitute an unacceptable risk. Such authorisations shall immediately be notified to the other Member States, the Commission and the Authority, together with an appropriate risk assessment for consideration without undue delay with a view to setting a temporary MRL for a specified period or taking any other necessary measure in relation to such products. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 45(4). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may have recourse to the urgency procedure referred to in Article 45(5) in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection.

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health established by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

4.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and (5)(b), and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The time limits laid down in Article 5a(3)(c) and (4)(b) and (e) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at two months, one month and two months respectively.

5.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’;

1.   Implementing measures to ensure the uniform application of this Regulation, technical guidance documents to assist in its application and detailed rules concerning the scientific data required for the setting of MRLs shall be established or may be amended in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 45(2), taking into account, where appropriate, the opinion of the Authority.

2.   Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation and relating to the establishment or amendment of the dates referred to in Article 23, Article 29(2), Article 30(2), Article 31(1) and Article 32(5) shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 45(3), taking into account, where appropriate, the opinion of the Authority.’;

1.   The requirements of Chapter III shall not apply to products lawfully produced or imported into the Community before the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 50.

However, in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, appropriate measures concerning those products may be taken. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 45(5).

2.   Where necessary to allow for the normal marketing, processing and consumption of products, further transitional measures may be laid down for the implementation of certain MRLs provided for in Articles 15, 16, 21, 22, and 25. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, and without prejudice to the obligation to ensure a high level of consumer protection, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 45(4).’