Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 7, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 are deleted;

2. (2)

   in Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   Member States shall monitor nitrate levels in vegetables which may contain significant levels, in particular green leaf vegetables, and communicate the result to EFSA on a regular basis.’;

3. (3)

   in the Annex, Section 1: Nitrate is replaced by the Section in the Annex to this Regulation.