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Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation EC 396/2005 - Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides) (Amendment 2), 5786-2026. Language(s): Hebrew. Number of pages: 1

On 5 December 2025, Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2473, amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards maximum residue levels for Betabaculovirus Phoperculellae, elemental Iron and rape seed oil in or on certain products, was published. On 21 April, Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation EC 396/2005 - Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides) (Amendment No. 2), 5786-2026, was published in Official Gazette (Reshumot), signed by the director of Health Regulation Directorate (Food, Alcoholic Beverages and Cosmetics), applying this amendment.

Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 regarding maximum levels of pesticide residues in or on food or feed, of plant or animal origin, amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC, was adopted in Israel within the framework of the Economic Plan Law (Legislative Amendments for the Implementation of Economic Policy for the Budget Years 2021 and 2022), 5782-2021, through an indirect amendment to the Public Health Protection (Food) Law, 5776–2015 (Amendment No. 3), and appears in Item 4 of Appendix II A to the Law. This regulation was applied in Israel on 1 January 2023. The regulation was not fully applied. The exceptions to the adoption of Regulation 396/2005 appear in Column A of Item 4 of Appendix II A, in addition to the exceptions stated in Section 3A(a1) to (a5) of the Law.

To date, orders and notices have been published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot), which included changes that took place in the European Union in Regulation 396/2005, and which were implemented in Israel, with the most recent published on 24 December 2025, being the Public Health Protection Notice (Food) (Application of Changes to the Annex to European Union Directives) (Regulation EC 396/2005 - Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides) (Amendment), 5785-2025, signed by the director of Health Regulation Directorate (Food, Alcoholic Beverages and Cosmetics) at the Ministry of Health. The latest updated consolidated version, that was adopted and published on the Food Service website following the publication of the aforementioned notice, is the version valid in European legislation as it stood on 24 August 2025.

It is now proposed to apply in Israel the changes that occurred or will occur in the European Union in Regulation 396/2005, as detailed below, without modifications, conditions, exceptions, or expansions, while integrating them into the text of Regulation 396/2005, as adopted today. The essence of the changes regards a modification in the maximum permitted levels of pesticide residues. It is also clarified that the exceptions that appear in Column A of Item 4 of Appendix II A will continue to apply to the changes that are proposed to be implemented in Israel.

The changes included in this proposed amendment combine the following EU Regulations amending various Annexes of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, after Item 29:

·        Item 30: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2473 of 5 December 2025 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for Betabaculovirus phoperculellae, elemental iron and rape seed oil in or on certain products:

1.    In Annex IV -

(1) Delete the reference to footnote 1 after the reference to vegetable oils/rapeseed oil;

(2) Add references to Betabaculovirus phoperculellae and iron.