Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3196of 18 December 2024amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards radish leaves(Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3196 of 18 December 2024 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards radish leaves (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/396/oj. , and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) The products of plant and animal origin to which the maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides set by Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 apply, are listed in Annex I to that Regulation. (2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/62 Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/62 of 17 January 2018 replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 18, 23.1.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/62/oj). introduced a new entry for radish leaves in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, as a product to which the same MRLs as to kales were to apply. Following receipt of information suggesting that MRLs for kales may not be suitable for radish leaves in all cases and that specific residue trials on radish leaves were needed to confirm the appropriate MRLs, Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1049 Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1049 of 25 July 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 189, 26.7.2018, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1049/oj). provided for a transitional period before those MRLs become applicable to radish leaves to enable Member States to collect necessary data on whether the MRLs for kales are appropriate to be applied to radish leaves. That period was then extended until 1 January 2025 by Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1771 Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1771 of 7 October 2021 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards radish leaves (OJ L 356, 8.10.2021, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1771/oj). . (3) Member States provided results which indicated that for the radish varieties with small leaves (Raphanus sativus var. radicula) the most similar good agricultural practices were the ones used for Roman rocket/rucola, which belongs to the same botanical family (Brassicaceae) and shares morphological similarities, while for those with large leaves (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus and Raphanus sativus var. niger) the most similar good agricultural practices were the ones used for kale. (4) It is therefore appropriate to include two separate entries for radish leaves in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, by including a new entry for small radish leaves to which the same MRLs as to Roman rocket/rucola in Part A of that Annex are to apply, and to modify the existing entry in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 from radish leaves to large radish leaves to which the same MRLs as to kales in Part A of that Annex are to apply. Those entries should also include the scientific names of the species and varieties to which the products belong.

(5) Since the necessary data has now been provided by Member States, the footnote concerning the transitional period for radish leaves should be deleted from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. (6) Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly. (7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 is amended as follows: (1) the entry (0243020-008) for radish leaves is replaced by the following: 0243020Kales0243020-001Borecoles/collards greens/curly kalesBrassica oleracea var. viridis0243020-002Cow cabbages/stem kalesBrassica oleracea var. acephala subvar. medullosa0243020-003Cow cabbages/Jersey kalesBrassica oleracea var. longata0243020-004Kohlrabies leavesBrassica oleracea var. gongylodes0243020-005Rape kales/Siberian kalesBrassica napus var. pabularia0243020-006Portuguese kales/tronchuda kales/Portuguese cabbagesBrassica oleracea convar. costata0243020-007Palm tree kale/lacinato/black kaleBrassica oleracea var. palmifolia0243020-008Large radish leavesRaphanus sativus var. longipinnatus and var. niger (2) the following new entry for small radish leaves (0251060-002) is inserted after wall rocket (0251060-001): 0251060Roman rocket/rucola0251060-001Wall rocketDiplotaxis tenuifolia0251060-002Small radish leavesRaphanus sativus var. radicula (3) footnote (3) is deleted.