Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

" "the Residue Directives" means Council Directive 86/362/EEC[3] (as amended by Council Directives 88/298/EEC[4], 90/654/EEC[5], 93/57/EEC[6], 94/29/EC[7], 95/39/EC[8], 96/33/EC[9], 97/41/EC[10] and Commission Directives 97/71/EC[11], 98/82/EC[12], 1999/65/EC[13], 1999/71/EC[14], 2000/24[15], 2000/42/EC[16], 2000/48/EC[17], 2000/58/EC[18], 2000/81/EC[19] and 2000/82/EC[20]), together with Council Directive 86/363/EEC[21] (as amended by Council Directives 93/57/EEC, 94/29/EC, 95/39/EC, 96/33/EC, 97/41/EC and Commission Directives 97/71/EC, 98/82/EC, 1999/71/EC, 2000/24, 2000/42/EC, 2000/58/EC, 2000/81/EC and 2000/82/EC) and Council Directive 90/642/EEC[22] (as amended by Council Directives 93/58/EEC[23], 94/30/EC[24], 95/38/EC[25], 95/61/EC[26], 96/32/EC[27], 97/41/EC and Commission Directives 97/71/EC, 98/82/EC, 1999/65/EC, 1999/71/EC, 2000/24, 2000/42/EC, 2000/48/EC, 2000/57/EC[28], 2000/58/EC, 2000/81/EC 2000/82/EC and 2001/35/EC[29])".

    (3) In Schedule 1, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order in column 1, there shall be inserted, together with the corresponding entry in column 2 as follows:-

Column 1	Column 2
Pesticide	Residues
Azinphos-ethyl	Azinphos-ethyl
Chlozolinate	Chlozolinate
Dinoterb	Dinoterb
DNOC	DNOC
Monolinuron	Monolinuron
Propham	Propham
Pyrazophos	Pyrazophos
Spiroxamine	Spiroxamine
Tecnazene	Tecnazene

    (4) On 1st July 2003, the entry for the pesticide Tecnazene, in relation to lettuce, shall be omitted from Part 1 of Schedule 2.

    (5) In each column of Part 2 of Schedule 2 where the expression "(changing 1st July 2001)" appears at the top, that expression shall be omitted and so shall each entry in italic type to which it refers.

    (6) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be inserted in the appropriate places to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, in relation to the products so specified.

    (7) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 the maximum residue levels shall be substituted as follows:-

(a) for mg/kg of chlormequat-


(i) on pears delete "0.05*" and insert "0.5";

(ii) on both olives (table consumption) and olives (oil extract) delete "0.05*" and insert "0.1*"; and

(iii) on cultivated mushrooms delete "0.05*" and insert "10";



(b) for mg/kg of chlorothalonil-



(i) on blackberries delete "0.01*" and insert "10"; and

(ii) on bananas delete "2" and insert "0.2";



(c) for mg/kg of dicofol-



(i) on table grapes delete "0.02*" and insert "2"; and

(ii) on tomatoes delete "0.02*" and insert "1";



(d) for mg/kg of diphenylamine-



(i) on apples delete "0.05*" and insert "5"; and

(ii) on pears delete "0.05*" and insert "10"; and



(e) for mg/kg of endosulfan on peppers delete "0.05*" and insert "1".

    (8) In the footnotes at the end of Part 2 of Schedule 2 the following shall be added-

     " 37. The residue definition for this MRL is: Spiroxamine carboxylic acid expressed as spiroxamine.

     38. Scarole includes broad-leaf endive.

     39. Liver and kidney.".

ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive

Pentland House, Edinburgh
8th June 2001

The Regulations specify maximum levels of pesticide residues which crops, food and feeding stuffs may contain in implement of Commission Directives 2000/81/EC, 2000/82/EC and 2001/35/EC (regulation 2(3) to (8)). In regulation 2(7), the reference to diphenylamine is in part implement of Commission Directive 2000/57/EC.

The Regulations delete the maximum residue level of Tecnazene in relation to lettuce from Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations with effect from 1st July 2003 (regulation 2(4)). This residue level had been inserted in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations by virtue of powers contained in the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Community maximum residue levels for Tecnazene are now included in Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations (regulation 2(3) and (6)).

The Regulations also delete maximum levels which became spent on 1st July 2001 (regulation 2(5)) and make a consequential amendment to the footnotes contained in Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the principal Regulations (regulation 2(8)).

[1] 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15. The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.back

[2] S.S.I. 2000/22, amended by S.S.I. 2001/84.back

[3] O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.37.back

[4] O.J. No. L 126, 20.5.88, p.53.back

[5] O.J. No. L 353, 17.12.90, p.48.back

[6] O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.1.back

[7] O.J. No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.67.back

[8] O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.29.back

[9] O.J. No. L 144, 18.6.96, p.35.back

[10] O.J. No. L 184, 12.7.97, p.33.back

[11] O.J. No. L 347, 18.12.97, p.42.back

[12] O.J. No. L 290, 29.10.98, p.25.back

[13] O.J. No. L 172, 8.7.99, p.40.back

[14] O.J. No. L 194, 27.7.99, p.36.back

[15] O.J. No. L 107, 4.5.00, p.28.back

[16] O.J. No. L 158, 30.6.00, p.51.back

[17] O.J. No. L 197, 3.8.00, p.26.back

[18] O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.78.back

[19] O.J. No. L 326, 22.12.00, p.56.back

[20] O.J. No. L 3, 6.1.01, p.18.back

[21] O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.43.back

[22] O.J. No. L 350, 14.12.90, p.71.back

[23] O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.6.back

[24] O.J. No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.70.back

[25] O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.14.back

[26] O.J. No. L 292, 7.12.95, p.27.back

[27] O.J. No. L 144, 18.6.96, p.12.back

[28] O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.76.back

[29] O.J. No. L 136, 18.5.01, p.42.back

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