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"Mr President, I should also like to congratulate Mr Sturdy on his report. We have made a good few improvements: we have stronger rules for residue and we have better definitions of good agricultural practices. It was interesting to hear what the Commission said in relation to modern agriculture that these residues are an unavoidable factor. However, looking at what has been proposed, we are saying that priority should be given to non-chemical crop management, which everybody should welcome.
With regard to aggregate MRLs, if, for example, there are two or three different pesticides, but they are all below the MRLs, the combination should say that they should not be on the market. That is the same logic that we have been pushing for years in relation to drinking water. We are glad to see that this has now been accepted. There are lots of pesticides, but no proper analysis is available. If there is no valid lab analysis and no detection methods available then the pesticides have to be taken off the market. Authorisation must be withdrawn on these. If new scientific evidence reveals a risk, the same should apply.
Some of the amendments we tabled in committee asked for zero tolerance for imported products. These were rejected as the majority thought it was necessary to give specific MRLs for imported products that are not grown in the EU, such as tropical fruits. We have tabled this amendment again. I say to Mr Sturdy that the purpose of this amendment from Mr Lannoye is not about stopping imports but about protecting consumers.
With regard to the amendment asking for temporary MRLs to be set at the lowest level of those suggested, it was not voted on in committee because it was supposed to be included in the compromise. We have tabled some amendments again. We hope we can get support for them because they would improve the overall end result."@en1
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