Activites

• 1997/07/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1997/41
  • OJ L 184 12.07.1997, p. 0033-0049
• #2018
• 1997/06/25 Council Meeting
• 1997/06/25 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1997/06/25 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• #2006
• 1997/05/20 Council Meeting
  • 2006
• 1997/01/31 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0021 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal incorporated, in whole or in part, 15 amendments adopted by the European Parliament. �

• 1996/09/18 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0461/1996 summary

    Parliament adopted the report by Mrs Hiltrud BREYER (Greens, D) on the proposal for a Council Directive amending four existing directives relating to the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables, cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin, and certain products of plant origin. In its amendments Parliament asked for the legal basis of the proposal to be Article 100a of the EC Treaty and not Article 43, as proposed by the Commission. It also hoped that, in the case of foodstuffs, the maximum level of pesticide residues would not exceed 0.05 mg/kg. �

• 1996/09/17 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1996/07/15 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0251/1996
• #1889
• 1995/11/29 Council Meeting
  • 1889 summary

    Pending delivery of the European Parliament’s opinion, the Council took note of the proceedings on the proposal for a directive amending present Community legislation fixing the maximum levels for pesticide residues in numerous categories of foodstuffs (fruit and vegetables, cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin, etc.). It noted that the Permanent Representatives Committee had made significant progress on the basis of a compromise drawn up by the Presidency and it instructed Coreper to continue its proceedings so that the Directive could be adopted at the earliest opportunity.

• 1995/07/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/06/19 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0272 summary

    The proposal for a directive aimed to improve the current conditions for fixing the maximum levels for pesticide residues laid down in Directives 76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC, with a view to increase the ability of the Community to deal with the increased tasks it would face in the future. The Commission proposed including the following amendments in its current legislation: - Extension of the scope of the directive to include dried and/or processed single agricultural products and processed products; - Introduction of appropriate arrangements for establishing maximum residue levels throughout the Community in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC: this Directive stipulated that the Commission should fix the maximum levels for residues - within three months of notification by a Member State - taking into account good agricultural practice followed in only one or several Member States and the toxicological data available for the assessment of the active substance with a view to including it in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC; - Introduction of procedures to be followed in cases where barriers to intra-Community trade were detected or had appeared due to the absence of harmonised maximum residue levels for certain pesticide/product combinations; - Greater harmonisation of measures to monitor pesticides in and on foodstuffs; - Alignment of the three main directives by updating the provisions concerning exemptions and exports to third countries, the safeguard clauses, and the regulatory committee procedure; - Introduction of a regulatory committee procedure for decisions on certain measures such as the adoption of amendments to the annexes, the adoption of temporary maximum residue levels, and the establishment of dilution or concentration factors relating to certain drying or processing operations; - Measures guaranteeing rapid transposition by the Member States of the amendments to the annexes; - Compatibility of the action proposed with the principle of subsidiarity. �

• 1994/10/07 Additional information

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0272
• Debate in Council: 1889
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0251/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0461/1996
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0021
• Debate in Council: 2006
• : Directive 1997/41
• : OJ L 184 12.07.1997, p. 0033-0049

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)