Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 27th January, 2015.

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 491/2014 of 5 May 2014¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014¹⁰ and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 2014¹¹ hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. TheEuropean 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", (as amended by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 252 of 2014 )), the following-

"‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No.396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005¹² as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 178/2006 of 1 February 2006¹³ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 149/2008 of 29 January 2008¹⁴ , Regulation (EC) No. 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008¹⁵ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2008 of 18 March 2008¹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 839/2008 of 31 July 2008¹⁷ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2009 of 23 March 2009¹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 822/2009 of 27 August 2009¹⁹ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 2009²⁰ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009²¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 304/2010 of 9 April 2010²² , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2010 of 27 May 2010²³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 750/2010 of 7 July 2010²⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 893/2010 of 8 October 2010²⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 310/2011 of 28 March 2011²⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No.508/2011 of 24 May 2011²⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No.520/2011 of 25 May 2011²⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 524/2011 of 26 May 2011²⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 559/2011 of 7 June 2011³⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No.812/2011 of 10 August 2011³¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 813/2011 of 11 August 2011³² , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 978/2011 of 3 October 2011³³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 270/2012 of 26 March 2012³⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No.322/2012 of 16 April 2012³⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 441/2012 of 24 May 2012³⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012³⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 2012³⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012³⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 of 21 September 2012⁴⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012⁴¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 34/2013 of 16 January 2013⁴² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2013 of 11 March 2013⁴³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2013 of 14 March 2013⁴⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 251/2013 of 22 March 2013⁴⁵ ,Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of 20 March 2013⁴⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 500/2013 of 30 May 2013⁴⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013 of 12 July 2013⁴⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2013 of 8 August 2013⁴⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 777/2013 of 12 August 2013⁵⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2013 of 30 August 2013⁵¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2013 of 15 October 2013⁵² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1138/2013 of 8 November 2013⁵³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1317/2013 of 16 December 2013⁵⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2014 of 16 January 2014⁵⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2014 of 20 January 2014⁵⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014⁵⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2014 of 29 January 2014⁵⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2014 of 31 January 2014⁵⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 289/2014 of 21 March 2014⁶⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2014 of 27 March 2014⁶¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2014 of 4 April 2014⁶² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 2014⁶³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 2014;".

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 252 of 2014) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 January 2015.

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.

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