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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-39/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2007/39",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-39",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2007/39/EC\nof 26 June 2007\namending Annex II to Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for diazinon\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving 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 vegetables, and in particular Article 7 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe 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.\n(2)\nCommunity 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.\n(3)\nThe 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 Organisation. On that basis, it is appropriate to fix new MRLs, which will ensure that there is no unacceptable consumer exposure.\n(4)\nWhere 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.\n(5)\nIt 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.\n(6)\nThrough 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.\n(7)\nAnnex II to Directive 90/642/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(8)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/28/EC (OJ L 135, 26.5.2007, p. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Guidelines for predicting dietary intake of pesticide residues (revised), prepared by the GEMS/Food Programme in collaboration with the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, published by the World Health Organisation 1997 (WHO/FSF/FOS/97.7)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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