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The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 will ensure the plant protection products regime can operate in a national context, if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement. These Regulations contain provisions enabling the UK competent authorities to take independent scientific advice, in areas where this was previously provided by the European Food Safety Authority in the EU regime. This includes the ability to seek independent scientific advice as part of the process for approving active substances used in plant protection products. Independent scientific advice would be sought from Defra\u2019s existing Expert Committee on Pesticides from the day we leave the EU, and we would continue to build on these arrangements in the future.<\/p>

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