S.I. No. 166/1995:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (PRODUCTS OF PLANT ORIGIN, INCLUDING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (PRODUCTS OF PLANT ORIGIN, INCLUDING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

I, IVAN YATES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 , (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27 November, 1990⁽¹⁾ as amended by Council Directive 93/58/EEC of 29 June, 1993⁽²⁾ and the corrigenda to Council Directive 93/58/EEC⁽³⁾ and Council Directive 94/30/EC of 23 June 1994⁽⁴⁾, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment), Regulations, 1995, and shall come into operation on 1st July, 1995.

(2) The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables) (Regulations) 1994, and these Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations 1994 and 1995, and shall be construed together as one.

2. In these Regulations--

"the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit & Vegetables) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1994 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution in Regulation 2 (1):

⁽¹⁾O.J. No. L 350 of 14-12-1990.

⁽²⁾O.J. No. L 211 of 23-8-1993.

⁽³⁾O.J. No. L 219 of 24-8-1994.

⁽⁴⁾O.J. No. L 189 of 23-7-1994.

( a ) for the definition of "the Minister", by the following definition:

" 'the Minister' means the Minister for Agriculture, Food & Forestry"

( b ) for the definition of "the Directive" by the following definition:

" 'the Directive' means Council Directive No. 90/642/EEC of 27 November, 1990, as amended by Council Directive 93/58/EEC of 28 June, 1993, and the corrigenda to Council Directive 93/58/EEC published in the Official Journal L.219 of 24 August 1994, and by Council Directive 94/30/EC of 23 June, 1994."

and

( c ) for the definition of "Annex II" by the following definition:

" 'Annex II' means Annex II to Directive 90/642/EEC as inserted by Directive 93/58/EEC and amended by Directive 94/30/EC"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of June, 1995.

IVAN YATES,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations amend existing ones by extending the list of pesticides for which residue maximum levels have been set.