Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th December, 2016.

I, MICHAEL CREED, 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) 765/2010 of 25 August 2010¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1015 of 17 June 2016² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1016 of 17 June 2016³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1355 of 9 August 2016⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1726 of 27 September 2016⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1785 of 7 October 2016⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1822 of 13 October 2016⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1866 of 17 October 2016⁸ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1902 of 27 October 2016⁹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2016.

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”, (as amended by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No.456 of 2016 )), the following—

“‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005¹⁰ as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 2008¹¹ , Regulation (EC) No 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008¹² , Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2008 of 18 March 2008¹³ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 839/2008 of 31 July 2008¹⁴ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2009 of 23 March 2009¹⁵ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 822/2009 of 27 August 2009¹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1050/2009 of 28 October 200917, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009¹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 304/2010 of 9 April 2010¹⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2010 of 27 May 2010²⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 750/2010 of 7 July 2010²¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 765/2010 of 25 August 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No 893/2010 of 8 October 2010²² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 310/2011 of 28 March 2011²³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 508/2011 of 24 May 2011²⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 520/2011 of 25 May 2011²⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 524/2011 of 26 May 2011²⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 559/2011 of 7 June 2011²⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 812/2011 of 10 August 2011²⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2011 of 11 August 2011²⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 978/2011 of 3 October 2011³⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 270/2012 of 26 March 2012³¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 322/2012 of 16 April 2012³² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 441/2012 of 24 May 2012³³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012³⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012³⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 of 21 September 2012³⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012³⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 34/2013 of 16 January 2013³⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2013 of 14 March 2013³⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 251/2013 of 22 March 2013⁴⁰ ,Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of 20 March 2013⁴¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 500/2013 of 30 May 2013⁴² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013 of 12 July 2013⁴³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2013 of 8 August 2013⁴⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 777/2013 of 12 August 2013⁴⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2013 of 30 August 2013⁴⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2013 of 15 October 2013⁴⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1138/2013 of 8 November 2013⁴⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1317/2013 of 16 December 2013⁴⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2014 of 16 January 2014⁵⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2014 of 20 January 2014⁵¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014⁵² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2014 of 29 January 2014⁵³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2014 of 31 January 2014⁵⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 289/2014 of 21 March 2014⁵⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2014 of 27 March 2014⁵⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2014 of 4 April 2014⁵⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 2014⁵⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 2014⁵⁹ , Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014⁶⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 588/2014 of 2 June 2014⁶¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014⁶² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014⁶³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014⁶⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014⁶⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014⁶⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014⁶⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014[⁶⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014⁶⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014⁷⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 2014⁷¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/165 of 3 February 2015⁷² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/399 of 25 February 2015⁷³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/400 of 25 February 2015⁷⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/401 of 25 February 2015[⁷⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/552 of 7 April 2015⁷⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/603 of 13 April 2015⁷⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/845 of 27 May 2015⁷⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/846 of 28 May 2015⁷⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/868 of 26 May 2015⁸⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/896 of 11 June 2015⁸¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1040 of 30 June 2015⁸² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1101 of 8 July 2015⁸³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1200 of 22 July 2015⁸⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1608 of 24 September 2015⁸⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1910 of 21 October 2015⁸⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2075 of 18 November 2015⁸⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1 of 3 December 2015⁸⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/46 of 18 January 2016⁸⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/53 of 20 January 2016⁹⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/60 of 19 January 2016⁹¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/67 of 19 January 2016⁹² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/75 of 21 January 2016⁹³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/71 of 26 January 2016⁹⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/143 of 18 January 2016⁹⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/156 of 18 January 2016⁹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/439 of 23 March 2016⁹⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/440 of 23 March 2016⁹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/452 of 29 March 2016⁹⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/486 of 29 March 2016¹⁰⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/567 of 6 April 2016¹⁰¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/805 of 20 May 2016¹⁰² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1002 of 17 June 2016¹⁰³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1003 of 17 June 2016¹⁰⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1015 of 17 June 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1016 of 17 June 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1355 of 9 August 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1726 of 27 September 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1785 of 7 October 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1822 of 13 October 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1866 of 17 October 2016 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1902 of 27 October 2016;”.

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 456 of 2016 ) are revoked.

Given under my Official Seal,

24 November 2016.

MICHAEL CREED,

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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