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Objection to an implementing act: Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole

TA-10-2024-0007 · P10_TA(2024)0007 · PE763.091

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Parliament opposes the draft Commission regulation that would maintain maximum residue levels (MRLs) for cyproconazole above the default value, and calls for a new draft lowering all MRLs to the limit of determination or 0.01 mg/kg. The resolution argues the draft is incompatible with EU food safety law and the precautionary principle, and urges the Commission to withdraw it and submit a new one. It also requests that EFSA and the Commission urgently address the assessment of cumulative effects of pesticides.

Key points

  1. Parliament opposes the adoption of the draft Commission regulation on MRLs for cyproconazole.
  2. The draft is considered incompatible with Regulations (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 178/2002, and (EC) No 1107/2009, including point 3.6.4 of its Annex II.
  3. Calls on the Commission to apply the precautionary principle, withdraw the draft, and submit a new one to the committee.
  4. Calls for a new draft lowering all MRLs for cyproconazole to the limit of determination or the default value of 0.01 mg/kg for all uses, and to refuse any requests for import tolerances.
  5. Acknowledges EFSA's work on cumulative risk assessment but requests that the problem be addressed as a matter of absolute urgency.

Who is affected

  • Union farmers, who face competitive disadvantage from imports produced with cyproconazole.
  • Agricultural workers and general population in third countries, whose health is jeopardized by the use of cyproconazole.

Figures and deadlines

  • Default MRL value of 0.01 mg/kg
  • MRLs for liver and kidney of certain animals maintained at 0.5 mg/kg, rapeseeds at 0.4 mg/kg, soybeans at 0.07 mg/kg.
  • Limits of determination varying between 0.01 and 0.05 mg/kg for products without CXLs or import tolerances.

Legal basis: Articles 11, 13, 168 and 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union