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- vi -SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSThe summary and conclusions of the 39 th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residuesare as follows:MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 30 TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONThe Committee recommended to the Commission:• adoption of the draft and draft revised MRLs at Step 8 and proposed draft MRLs at Step 5/8 (paras44-136, Appendix II and Appendix III);• revocation of certain existing Codex MRLs (paras 44-136 and Appendix V);• adoption of the proposed draft MRLs for certain commodities at Step 5 (paras 44-136 and AppendixIV);Approval of the following new work• Priority List for the establishment of MRLs for certain pesticides (paras 180 - 202 and AppendixVIII);Discontinuation of the following work• The Committee decided to discontinue the work on the establishment of MRLs for severalpesticide/commodity combinations (see paras 44 – 136 and Appendix IX).MATTERS FOR ADVICE BY THE COMMISSIONWhile considering the issue of the use of the Codex MRLs at national level, the Committee agreed toinform the Commission of the discussion and request its guidance and advice on how the issue shouldbe addressed (paras 169 – 179).MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSIONThe Committee:• agreed agreed that the list of methods for determination of pesticides would not be developed as aCodex document in the Step Procedure but would stay as repository list on the IAEA website (para.164);• agreed that no physical working group would be convened at the next session for the preparation ofpriority list of pesticides for the evaluation by the JMPR and that an electronic Working Groupwould be established for the preparation of Priority List of Compounds to be considered at thePlenary (paras 200 – 202); and• agreed to consider the discussion paper on the separation of milk and milk fats and the methodologyfor the determination of fat soluble pesticides in milk and milk products (paras 165 – 166).MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE JMPRThe Committee:• agreed that a CL be issued in order to obtain information from member countries on howresidues in follow-up crops, including the compound boscalid, are regulated at the national level,and that this information should be provided to JMPR for their consideration (para. 35);• agreed to forward an alternative GAP procedure to JMPR for consideration and advice (paras41-43);• decided to retain draft MRLs for dimethoate (027) for lettuce, head and peppers, sweet at Step 7,awaiting 2008 JMPR evaluation of alternative GAP (para. 57);• requested JMPR to reconsider the statistical calculation used to derive the MRL forthiabendazole (065) for citrus at its next meeting (para 67);• decided to retain the draft MRLs for carbendazim (072) for cherries; grapes; lettuce, head;mango; oranges, sweet, sour at Step 7, awaiting the response from the JMPR to the concernform submitted by the Delegation of EC with respect to the ARfD established by JMPR (para.69);• decided to maintain the proposed draft MRLs for chlorpyrifos-methyl (090) for barley, oats and