S.I. No. 492 of 2006

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006

I, Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Commission Directive 2006/61/EC of 7 July 2006¹ and Commission Directive 2006/62/EC of 12 July 2006² , hereby make the following Regulations-

1.         These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2006.

2.   The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No 181 of 1999 ) are amended in Regulation 2 (1) by substituting for the definition of -�Directive-� (inserted by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 260 of 2006 ) ), the following -

-� -�Directive-� means Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986³ as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988⁴ , Council Directive 90/654/EEC of 4 December 1990⁵ , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993⁶ , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994⁷ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁸ , Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996⁹ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997¹⁰ , Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997¹¹ , Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 1998¹² , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999¹³ , Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999¹⁴ , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹⁵ , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999¹⁶ , Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999¹⁷ , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000¹⁸ , Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000¹⁹ and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000²⁰ , Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 2000²¹ ; Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 2000²² , Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 2000²³ , Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 2000²⁴ , Commission Directive 2001/39/EC of 23 May 2001²⁵ , Commission Directive 2001/48/EC of 28 June 2001²⁶ , Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 2001²⁷ , Commission Directive 2002/23/EC of 26 February 2002²⁸ , Commission Directive 2002/42/EC of 17 May 2002²⁹ , Commission Directive 2002/66/EC of 16 July 2002³⁰ , Commission Directive 2002/71/EC of 19 August 2002³¹ , Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 6 September 2002³² , Commission Directive 2002/79/EC of 2 October 2002³³ , Commission Directive 2002/97/EC of 16 December 2002³⁴ , Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 of 14 April 2003³⁵ , Commission Directive 2003/60/EC of 18 June 2003³⁶ , Commission Directive 2003/62/EC of 20 June 2003³⁷ , Commission Directive 2003/113/EC of 3 December 2003³⁸ , Commission Directive 2003/118/EC of 5 December 2003³⁹ , Commission Directive 2004/2/EC of 9 January 2004⁴⁰ , Commission Directive 2004/61/EC of 26 April 2004⁴¹ , Commission Directive 2005/37/EC of 3 June 2005⁴² , Commission Directive 2005/46/EC of 8 July 2005⁴³ Commission Directive 2005/48/EC of 23 August 2005⁴⁴ , Commission Directive 2005/70/EC of 20 October 2005⁴⁵ , Commission Directive 2005/76/EC of 8 November 2005⁴⁶ , Commission Directive 2006/4/EC of 26 January 2006⁴⁷ , (from 14 September 2006) Commission Directive 2006/30/EC of 13 March 2006⁴⁸ , (from 20 January 2007) Commission Directive 2006/61/EC of 7 July 2006 and (from 20 January 2008) Commission Directive 2006/62/EC of 12 July 2006;-�,

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.

Commission Directive 2006/61/EC amends the levels of atrazine, azinphos-ethyl, ethephon and triazophos.

Commission Directive 2006/62/EC amends the levels of desmedipham, phenmedipham and chlorfenvinphos.

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