Commission Recommendation 2000/43/EC of 17 December 1999 concerning a coordinated Community monitoring programme for 2000 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables.

Member States shall sample and analyse pesticide residue on product in accordance with the combinations set out in Annex IA, on the basis of the number of samples of each product allocated to each Member State in Annex IB. In case of acute risk at least one pesticide posing shall be done, one of the products will be subjected to individual analysis of the items in the composite sample: two samples of an appropriate number of items will be taken; the analysis shall be done on fruit and vegetables. The results shall be reported to the Commission indicating the analytical methods used and reporting levels achieved, in accordance with the quality control procedures.

2000-01-20