{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-396/article-18A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-396/article-18A.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/18A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18A",
  "heading": "Setting default values for active substances",
  "text": "(1.) A competent authority may, in relation to its constituent territory, set a default value for an active substance where—\n(a) there is no specific MRL for that active substance listed in Part 2 or 3 of the MRLs register in relation to that constituent territory, and\n(b) the active substance is not listed in Part 4 of the MRLs register in relation to that constituent territory.\n(2.) A competent authority may modify or withdraw a default value listed in Part 5 of the MRLs register in relation to its constituent territory.\n(3.) When setting, modifying or withdrawing a default value, the competent authority must take into account the routine analytical methods available.\n(4.) As soon as reasonably practicable after setting, modifying or withdrawing a default value the competent authority must—\n(a) notify the other competent authorities of the setting, modifying or withdrawing of the default value and the reason for that decision, and\n(b) update the MRLs register accordingly.\n(5.) The Secretary of State may set, modify or withdraw a default value in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 instead of a 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(6.) Where the Secretary of State sets, modifies or withdraws a default value in accordance with paragraph 5, a reference in paragraph 3 or 4 to the competent authority is to be read as a reference to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 18A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/557), regs. 1(1), 5(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1376, regs. 1(4), 6(4)(a)); 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/18A",
    "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."
}