{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-12/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-12/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/12",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/12 of 6 January 2017 regarding the form and content of the applications and requests for the establishment of maximum residue limits in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-12",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General requirements for applications and requests",
  "text": "1. The information and documentation submitted as part of an application or a request for the establishment of MRLs shall be accurate and conform to the current state of scientific knowledge and the scientific guidance issued by the appropriate authority relating to the safety of residues.\n2. An application or a request for the establishment of MRLs shall include any information relevant to the evaluation of the safety of residues of the substance concerned, whether favourable or unfavourable to the substance. In particular, all relevant details shall be given of any incomplete or abandoned test or trial relating to the active substance.\n3. An application or a request for the extension of existing MRLs to other animal species or other food commodities shall consist of an application or request form and a residue file. The appropriate authority may request safety data if the risk assessment performed with regard to the establishment of the existing MRL is not applicable to the extension proposed.\n4. In paragraph 1, “appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, Wales and Scotland, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.\n5. But the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State if consent is given in relation to Northern Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/676), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/676), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 2(4)(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/676), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/12/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:15.764642+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."
}