EU – Draft regulation on MRLs for fluopyram, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), beta-isomer, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer, lindane (hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), gamma-isomer), nicotine and profenofos in or on certain products

Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed maximum residue levels for fluopyram, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), beta-isomer, hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer, lindane (hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), gamma-isomer), nicotine and profenofos in or on certain products in Annex II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed: either increased, lowered, or deleted.  Higher MRLs are set to accommodate new uses in the European Union and in third countries which export those commodities to the European Union. Lower MRLs are set after updating the limit of determination and/or deleting old uses which are not authorized any more in the European Union or for which there is not enough data for an MRL to be set. Deleted MRLs for hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer are replaced by specific MRLs for hexachlorociclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer and hexachlorociclohexane (HCH) beta-isomer.

Proposed date of adoption : April 2017

Proposed date of publication : April 2017

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or : 30 December 2016

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