The Member States shall lay down rules on the sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

The Member States shall notify those rules and any subsequent amendment to the Commission without delay.

CHAPTER VI

EMERGENCY MEASURES

Article 35

Emergency measures

Articles 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply where, as a result of new information or of a reassessment of existing information, pesticide residues or MRLs covered by this Regulation may endanger human or animal health requiring immediate action. The time limit within which the Commission must take its decision shall be reduced to seven days in the case of fresh produce.

CHAPTER VII

SUPPORT MEASURES RELATING TO HARMONISED PESTICIDE MRLS

Article 36

Support measures relating to harmonised pesticide MRLs

1. Support measures relating to harmonised pesticide MRLs shall be established at Community level, including:

(a) a consolidated database for Community legislation on MRLs of pesticide residues and for making such information publicly available;

(b) Community proficiency tests as referred to in Article 28(3);

(c) studies and other measures necessary for the preparation and development of legislation and of technical guidelines on pesticide residues, aimed, in particular, at developing and using methods of assessing aggregate, cumulative and synergistic effects;

(d) studies necessary for estimating the exposure of consumers and animals to pesticide residues;

(e) studies necessary to support control laboratories where analytical methods are not capable of controlling the MRLs established.

2. Any necessary implementing provisions concerning the measures referred to in paragraph 1 may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 45(2).

Article 37

Community contribution to the support measures for harmonised pesticide MRLs

1. The Community may make a financial contribution of up to 100 % of the cost of the measures provided for in Article 36.

2. The appropriations shall be authorised each financial year as part of the budgetary procedure.