{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-396/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-396/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/396",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-396",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Modifications of MRLs following withdrawal of authorisations of plant protection products",
  "text": "(1.) Where a competent authority withdraws an authorisation for a plant protection product, the competent authority—\n(a) may modify or delete a MRL, and\n(b) where the competent authority does so, must update the MRLs register accordingly.\n(2.) The Secretary of State may modify or delete an MRL in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) instead of the competent authority—\n(a) in relation to Wales, with the consent of the Welsh Ministers;\n(b) in relation to Scotland, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.\n(3.) Where the Secretary of State modifies or deletes an MRL in accordance with paragraph 2, the Secretary of State must update the MRLs register accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 17, 17A substituted for Art. 17 (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 4(14) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(3)(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/396/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:46.831019+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}