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Division 6.7.2 Proposed maximum residue levels (MRLs) and justification of the acceptability of the levels proposed

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A maximum residue level shall be provided for all products of plant and animal origin covered by Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. In all other cases of products of plant and animal origin used as food or feed and in case of tobacco and medical herbs, a guideline level, that is to say a level derived on the same principles used for MRL setting, shall be provided.

For processed products processing factors shall be provided, unless no processing studies are required.

Furthermore, supervised trials median residue (STMR) and highest residue (HR) values shall be derived and, in cases where processing factors are proposed, STMR-P and HR-P values.

In exceptional cases, when the conditions laid down in Article 16(1) to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 are met, MRLs may be proposed on the basis of monitoring data. In such cases the proposal shall cover the 95th percentile of the data population at the 95 % confidence level.