S.I. No.     526    of 2002

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002

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 Commission Directive 80/428/EEC of 28 March 1980² , Council Directive 81/36/EEC of 9 February 1981³ , Council Directive 85/528/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/EEC of 21 May 1996⁸ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁹ , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹⁰ , Commission Directive 2000/57/EC of 22 September 2000¹¹ , Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 2000¹² , Commission Directive 2002/66/EC of 16 July 2002¹³ , Commission Directive 2002/71/EC of 19 August 2002¹⁴ and Commission Directive 2002/79/EC of 2 October 2002¹⁵ hereby make the following Regulations:

1.  (1)   These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

(2)    These Regulations shall come into operation in respect of Lindane on 1 December 2002, in respect of Dimethoate, Omethoate, Formothion, Oxydemeton-methyl, Demeton-S-methyl and Demeton-S-methylsulfone on 1 January 2003, in respect of Parathion on 1 May 2003 and in respect of bromopropylate on 1 August 2003.

2.         Annex II of the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1989 ) is amended by the deletion of the entries relating to azinphos-ethyl, lindane, parathion, dimethoate, omethoate, formothion, oxydemeton-methyl, demeton-S-methyl, demeton-S-methylsulfone and bromopropylate.

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.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2.

¹ O.J. No. L340, 09.1.1976, p. 26.

² O.J. No. L102, 19.04.1980, p. 26.

³ O.J. No. L46, 19.02.1981, p. 33.

⁴ O.J. No. L234, 09.08.1982, p. 1.

⁵ O.J. No. L126, 20.05.1988, p. 53.

⁶ O.J. No. L66, 10.03.1989, p. 36.

⁷ O.J. No. L211, 23.08.1993, p. 6.

⁸ O.J. No. L144, 18.06.1996, p. 12.

⁹ O.J. No. L184, 12.07.7997, p. 33.

¹⁰ O.J. No. L107, 04.05.2000, p. 28.

¹¹ O.J. No. L244, 29.09.2000, p. 76.

¹² O.J. No. L 3, 06.01.2001, p. 18.

¹³ O.J. No. L192, 20.07.2002, p. 47.

¹⁴ O.J. No. L225, 22.08.2002, p21.

¹⁵ O.J. No. L291, 28.10.2002, p1.