This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall however apply from 1 July 2021 as regards the MRLs for mepiquat.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 June 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1 .

( 2 ) EFSA scientific reports available online: http://www.efsa.europa.eu:

Reasoned opinion on the modification of the existing maximum residue level for cycloxidim in strawberries. EFSA Journal 2018;16(8):5404.

Reasoned opinion on the modification of the existing maximum residue levels for mepiquat in cotton seeds and animal commodities. EFSA Journal 2018;16(10):5428.

Reasoned opinion on the modification of the existing maximum residue levels for prohexadione in various oilseeds. EFSA Journal 2018;16(8):5397.

( 3 ) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC ( OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1 ).

( 4 ) Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Metschnikowia fructicola strain NRRL Y-27328. EFSA Journal 2017;15(12):5084.

( 5 ) Review report for the active substance Metschnikowia fructicola strain NRRL Y-27328 (SANTE/10472/2018 Rev. 2).

( 6 ) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/832 of 5 June 2018 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyantraniliprole, cymoxanil, deltamethrin, difenoconazole, fenamidone, flubendiamide, fluopicolide, folpet, fosetyl, mandestrobin, mepiquat, metazachlor, propamocarb, propargite, pyrimethanil, sulfoxaflor and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products ( OJ L 140, 6.6.2018, p. 38 ).

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/976 of 4 June 2021 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cycloxydim, mepiquat, ANNEX