30.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 158/51 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables respectively (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, automatically revert to the appropriate lower limits of analytical determination unless other levels were adopted before 1 July 2000. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in (3 Council Directives 96/32/EC (*°) and 96/33[EC ('), in and on cereals (), as last amended by Commission Directive fixing maximum residue levels in the Annexes to Direct- 2000/24/EC (3, and in particular Article 10 thereof, ives 86/362[EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC for chlormequat, diazonon, dicofol, disulfoton, endosulfan, fenbutatin oxide, mecarbam, phorate, propoxur, propy- Having regard to Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July zamide, triazophos, and triforine provided that for many 1986 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in commodities, the maximum residue levels would auto- and on foodstuffs of animal origin (}), as last amended by matically revert to the appropriate lower limits of analyt- Directive 2000/24/EC, and in particular Article 10 thereof, ical determination unless other levels were adopted before 30 April 2000. This deadline was amended to read ‘at the latest by 1 July 2000’ by Directive 97/71/EC. Having regard to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables (%), as last amended by Directive 2000/24/EC, and in particular Article 7 thereof, (4)  Commission Directive 98/82/EC (*?) in fixing maximum residue levels in the Annexes to Directives 86/362/EEC, Whereas: 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC for benomyl, carbendazim, thiophanate ~ methyl,  chlorothalonil,  fenvalerate (including other mixtures of constituents), acephate and (1) Council Directives 94/29/EC () and 94/30/EC (9, in quinalphos provided that for many commodities, the fixing maximum residue levels in the Annexes to Direct- maximum residue levels would automatically revert to ives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC for the appropriate lower limits of analytical determination benalaxyl, benfuracarb, carbofuran, carbosulfan, cyflu- unless other levels were adopted before 1 July 2000. thrin, ethephon, fenarimol, furathiocarb, lambda-cyhalo- thrin, metalaxyl and propiconazole provided that for many commodities, the maximum residue levels would automatically revert to the appropriate lower limits of analytical determination unless other levels were e - adopted before 30 June 1999. This deadline was (5 The above positions in the Annexes to the Directives amended to read ‘at the latest by 1 July 2000 by were left ‘open’, or were fixed on a temporary basis, Commission Directive 97/71/EC () because there was insufficient data available, at the dates of their adoption, to justify the fixing of maximum residue limits at Community level. The objective of () Council Directives 95/38/EC (%) and 95/39/EC (*), in fixing the said deadline was to provide interested parties fixing maximum residue levels in the Annexes to Direct- with sufficient time to provide the necessary data ives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC for aldi- enabling, where appropriate and justified, the adoption of maximum residue levels at Community level above the lower limit of analytical determination. Interested parties were notified of the deadline. For many open positions additional data has been provided permitting the fixing of maximum residue levels. Where no addi- carb, amitraz, methidathion, methomyl, thiodicarb, piri- miphos-methyl and thiabendazole provided that for many commodities, the maximum residue levels would 1 8 8} k :1)'(2); Z?;ggg g: ;57; tional data has been provided, it is appropriate to fix () O] L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 43. maximum residue levels at the lower limit of analytical () O] L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. ination. () O] L 189, 23.7.1994, p.p 67. determination () O] L 189, 23.7.1994, p. 70. () O] L 347, 18.12.1997, p. 42. (%) O] L 144, 18.6.1996, p. 12. () O] L 197, 22.8.1995, p. 14. (") O] L 144, 18.6.1996, p. 35. () O] L 197, 22.8.1995, p. 29. () O] L 290, 29.10.1998, p. 25.