Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

-�Iris Oifigiúil-� of 11th December, 2012.

I, Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 2012² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012³ and Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012⁴ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012.

2. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No.565 of 2008 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of -�Pesticide MRL Regulation-�, (substituted by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No.212 of 2012 )), the following-�

-� -�Pesticide MRL Regulation-� means Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 178/2006 of 1 February 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 149/2008 of 29 January 2008, Regulation (EC) No. 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2008 of 18 March 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 839/2008 of 31 July 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2009 of 23 March 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 822/2009 of 27 August 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 304/2010 of 9 April 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2010 of 27 May 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 600/2010 of 8 July 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 750/2010 of 7 July 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 893/2010 of 8 October 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 310/2011 of 28 March 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 460/2011 of 12 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No.508/2011 of 24 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No.520/2011 of 25 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 524/2011 of 26 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 559/2011 of 7 June 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No.812/2011 of 10 August 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 813/2011 of 11 August 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 978/2011 of 3 October 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 270/2012 of 26 March 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No.322/2012 of 16 April 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 441/2012 of 24 May 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012;-�.

Given under my Official Seal,

4 December 2012.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend the maximum residue levels (MRL) for certain plant protection products permissible in food and feed as provided for under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

1 O.J. No.L144 of 05.06.2012, p.25

2 O.J. No.L166 of 27.06.2012, p.67

3 O.J. No.L176 of 06.07.2012, p.1

4 O.J. No.L266 2.10.2012, p.1