S.I. No. 250/2001 -- European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001

S.I. No. 250/2001 -- European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001 2001 250

S.I. No. 250 of 2001

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001

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 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988² , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993³ , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994⁴ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁵ , Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996⁶ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁷ , Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997⁸ , Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 1998⁹ , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999¹⁰ , Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999¹¹ , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹² , Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 2000¹³ ; and Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 2000¹⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000¹⁵ and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000¹⁶ , Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 2000¹⁷ and Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 2000¹⁸ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July 2001.

2. In these Regulations-

“the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities(Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 181 of 1999 ).

“the Directive” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988² , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993³ , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994⁴ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁵ , Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996⁶ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁷ , Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997⁸ , Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 1998⁹ , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999¹⁰ , Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999¹¹ , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹² , Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 2000¹³ , Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 2000¹⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000¹⁵ and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000¹⁶ , Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 2000¹⁷ and Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 2000¹⁸ .

3. Annex II of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the replacement of the following entries to Annex II:

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Pesticide Residues	Maximum Residue levels in mg/kg (ppm)
Ethephon	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals others
Fenarimol	0.02 ^(*)	Cereals
Diazinon	0.02 ^(*)	Cereals
Chlormequat	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals others
Triazophos	0.02 ^(*)	Cereals
Fenvalerate and Esfenvalerate Sum of RR and SS isomers	0.2 Barley, 0.2 Oats, 0.05 Rye, 0.05 Triticale, 0.05 Wheat,
	0.02 ^(*)	Cereals others
Fenvalerate and Esfenvalerate Sum of RS and SR isomers	0.05 Barley, 0.05 Oats,
Fenvalerate and Esfenvalerate Sum of RS and SR isomers	0.02 ^(*)	Cereals others

Pesticide Residues	Maximum Residue levels in mg/kg (ppm)
Carbofuran Sum of carbofuran and 3-hydro-xycarbofuran expressed as carbofuran	0.1 ^(*)	Cereals
Benfuracarb	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals
Endosulfan Sum of alpha-and-beta-somers and endosulfan-sulfate expressed as endosulfan	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals
Phorate (sum of phorate, its oxygen analogue and their sulphoxides and sulfones expressed as phorate)	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals
Thiabendazole	0.05 ^(*)	Cereals

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4. Annex II of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the following entries to Annex II:

Pesticide Residues	Maximum Residue levels in mg/kg (ppm)
Spiroxamine	0.3 ^(P) 0.05^(P) ^(*)	Barley Cereals others	0.3 ^(P)	Oats
Azinphos-ethyl	0.05^(*)
Chlozolinate	0.05^(*) ⁽⁺⁾
Dinoterb	0.05^(*)
DNOC	0.05 ^(*) ^(#)
Monolinuron	0.05 ^(*) ^(#)
Propham	0.05 ^(*)
Pyrazophos	0.05 ^(*) ^(#)
Tecnazene	0.05 ^(*) ⁽⁺⁾

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

this 31^st day of May 2001

Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

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 residue levels for pesticides in and on cereals.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2.

¹ O.J. No. L221/37 of 7/8/1986

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⁷ O.J. No. L184/33 of 12/7/1997

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⁹ O.J. No. L290/25 of 29/10/1998

¹⁰ O.J. No. L172/40 of 8/7/1999

¹¹ O.J. No. L194/36 of 27/7/1999

¹² O.J. No. L107/28 of 4/5/2000

¹³ O.J. No. L197/26 of 3/8/2000

¹⁴ O.J. No. L244/78 of 29/9/2000

¹⁵ O.J. No. L158/51 of 30/6/2000

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