STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 461 of 2000.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

S.I. No. 461 of 2000.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 76/895/EEC of 23 November 1976¹ , as amended by Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁹ and Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2001.

2. In these Regulations--

“the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1989 ).

““the Directive” means Council Directive 76/895/EEC of 23 November 1976¹ , as amended by Commission Directive 80/428/EEC of 28 March 1980² , Council Directive 81/36/EEC of 9 February 1981³ , Council Directive 82/528/EEC of 19 July 1982⁴ , Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988⁵ , Council Directive 89/186/EEC of 6 March 1989⁶ , Council Directive 93/58/EEC of 29 June 1993⁷ , Council Directive 96/32/EC of 21 May 1996⁸ and Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁹ and Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹⁰ ”.

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended in Annex II by the following:--

1. The entries relating to chlorobenzilate, chloroxuron and methoxychlor are deleted.

2. The grouping ‘barban, chlorpropham, chlorbufam’ are replaced by ‘chlorpropham’.

3. The grouping ‘diallate, triallate’ are replaced by ‘triallate’.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend existing regulations on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables.

¹ O.J. No. L340/26 09.12.1976

⁹ O.J. No. L184/33 12.07.1997

¹ O.J. No. L340/26 09.12.1976

² O.J. No. L102/26 19.04.1980

³ O.J. No. L46/33 19.02.1981

⁴ O.J. No. L234/1 09.08.1882

⁵ O.J. No. L126/53 20.05.1988

⁶ O.J. No. L66/36 10.03.1989

⁷ O.J. No. L211/6 23.08.1993

⁸ O.J. No. L144/12 18.06.1996

⁹ O.J. No. L184/33 12.07.1997

¹⁰ O.J. No. L107/28 04.05.2000