Assessment of fall‐back MRLs for revoked CXLs previously implemented in the EU legislation

Abstract In the 56th meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR meeting) held in September 2025 and the subsequent 48th meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) (November 2025), 352 Codex MRLs (CXLs) for 30 active substances (a.s.) were revoked. In accordance with Article 43 of Regulation (EC) 396/2005, EFSA was requested by the European Commission to identify the revoked CXLs which had been previously taken over in the EU MRL legislation (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005) and, if possible, propose fall‐back Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) to replace the revoked CXLs. Based on the detailed assessment and taking into account the information provided by Member States, EFSA proposed fall‐back MRLs for chlormequat, fenpyroximate and flubendiamide. For parathion‐methyl, methamidophos, methoprene and cyproconazole, EFSA proposed to lower all the existing MRLs under assessment to the limit of quantification (LOQ). For spinosad, EFSA proposed to postpone the assessment of the fall‐back MRLs.