Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides in Produce of Plant Origin (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2006 (L.N. 276 of 2006)

B 3907 L.N. 276 of 2006 PESTICIDES CONTROL ACT (CAP. 430) Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides in Produce of Plant Origin (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2006 IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4 and 5 of the Pesticides Control Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations>– 1. (1) The title of these rules is the Maximum Residue of Pesticides in Produce of Plant Origin (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2006 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Maximum Residue Levels of Pesticides in Produce of Plant Origin Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. (2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission Directive 2006#30#EC and 2005#46#EC amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86#362#EEC and 90#642#EEC as regards maximum residue levels for the benomyl group and amitraz. 2. In Schedule I of the principal regulations, in category ‘2. Vegetables, Fresh or Uncooked, Frozen or Dry’, item (iii) Fruiting vegetables, paragraph (a) Solanacea’, the entries “aubergine, okra” immediately after the entry “Peppers”. 3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows> (a) for columns 1 and 2 the group AMITRAZ, there shall be substituted the following> Title and scope. L.N. 199 of 2004. Amends Schedule I to the principal regulations. Amends Schedule II to the principal regulations. Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,995, 14 ta’ Novembru, 2006 Taqsima B –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– B 3908 Coloumn 1 Coloumn 2 Amitraz (including the metabolites containing the 2,4-dimethylaniline moiety expressed as amitraz) 1.Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar; nuts 0,05 (*) (i) CITRUS FRUIT Grapefruit Lemons Limes Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids) Oranges Pomelos Others (ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled) Almonds Brazil nuts Cashew nuts Chestnuts Coconuts Hazelnuts Macadamia Pecans Pine nuts Pistachios Walnuts Others (iii) POME FRUIT Apples Pears Quinces Others (iv) STONE FRUIT Apricots Cherries Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids) Plums Others (v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT (a) Table and wine grapes B 3909 Table grapes Wine grapes (b) Strawberries (other than wild) (c) Cane fruit (other than wild) Blackberries Dewberries Loganberries |Raspberries Others (d) Other small fruit and berries (other than wild) Bilberries Cranberries Currants (red, black and white) Gooseberries Others (e) Wild berries and wild fruit (vi) MISCELLANEOUS Avocados Bananas Dates Figs Kiwi Kumquats Litchis Mangoes Olives Passion fruit Pineapples Pomegranate Others 2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry 0,05 (*) (i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES Beetroot Carrots Celeriac Horseradish Jerusalem artichokes Parsnips Parsley root Radishes Salsify Sweet potatoes Swedes Turnips Yam Others (ii) BULB VEGETABLES Garlic Onions Shallots Spring onions Others (iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES (a) Solanacea B 3910 Tomatoes Peppers Aubergines Others (b) Cucurbits – edible peel Cucumbers Gherkins Courgettes Others (c) Cucurbits – inedible peel Melons Squashes Watermelons Others (d) Sweet corn (iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES (a) Flowering brassica Broccoli Cauliflower Others (b) Head brassica Brussels sprouts Head cabbage Others (c) Leafy brassica Chinese cabbage Kale Others (d) Kohlrabi (v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS (a) Lettuce and similar Cress Lamb’s lettuce Scarole Others (b) Spinach and similar Spinach Beet leaves (chard) Others (c) Water cress (d) Witloof (e) Herbs Chervil Chives Parsley Celery leaves Others (vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh) Beans (with pods) Beans (without pods) Peas (with pods) Peas (without pods) Others (vii) STEM VEGETABLES (fresh) Asparagus Cardoons B 3911 Celery Fennel Globe artichokes Leek Rhubarb Others (viii) FUNGI (a) Cultivated mushrooms (b) Wild mushrooms 3. Pulses 0,05 (*) Beans Lentils Peas Others 4. Oil seeds Linseed Peanuts Poppy seeds Sesame seeds Sunflower seed Rape seed Soya bean Mustard seed Cotton seed 1 (x) Others 0,05 (*) 5. Potatoes 0,05 (*) Early potatoes Ware potatoes 6. Tea ( leaves and stems, dried, fermented or otherwise, from the leaves of Camellia sinesis) 0,1(*) 7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder 0,1 (*) (*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination. (x) Should this level not be confirmed or amended by a directive, with effect from 1st July 2007, the appropriate lower limit of analytical determination shall apply’. (b) for columns 1 and 2 of the BENOMYL group shall be substituted the following : Coloumn 1 Coloumn 2 Sum of benomyl and carbendazim (expressed as carbendazim) MRL (mg/kg) 1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar; nuts (i) CITRUS FRUIT 0,1 (*) Grape fruit Lemons Limes Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids) B 3912 Oranges Pomelos Others (ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled) 0,1 (*) Almonds Brazil nuts Cashew nuts Chestnuts Coconuts Hazelnuts Macadamia Pecans Pine nuts Pistachios Walnuts Others (iii) POME FRUIT 0,2 Apples Pears Quinces Others (iv) STONE FRUIT Apricots 0,2 Cherries 0,5 Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids) 0,2 Plums 0,5 Others 0,1 (*) (v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT (a) Table and wine grapes Table grapes 0,3 Wine grapes 0,5 (b) Strawberries (other than wild) 0,1 (*) (c) Cane fruit (other than wild) 0,1 (*) Blackberries Dewberries Loganberries Raspberries Others (d) Other small fruit and berries (other than wild) 0,1 (*) Bilberries Cranberries Currants (red, black and white) Gooseberries Others (e) Wild berries and wild fruit 0,1 (*) (vi) MISCELLANEOUS 0,1 (*) Avocados Bananas Dates Figs Kiwi Kumquats Litchis B 3913 Mangoes Olives Papaya Passion fruit Pineapples Pomegranate Others 2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry (i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES 0,1 (*) Beetroot Carrots Cassava Celeriac Horseradish Jerusalem artichokes Parsnips Parsley root Radishes Salsify Sweet potatoes Swedes Turnips Yam Others (ii) BULB VEGETSBLES 0,1 (*) Garlic Onions Shallots Spring onions Others (iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES (a) Solanacea Tomatoes 0,5 Peppers Aubergines 0,5 Okra 2 Others 0,1 (*) (b) Cucurbits – edible peel 0,1 (*) Cucumbers Gherkins Courgettes Others (c) Cucurbits – inedible peel 0,1 (*) Melons Squashes Watermelons Others (d) Sweet corn 0,1 (*) (iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES (a) Flowering brassica 0,1 (*) Broccoli (including Calabrese) Cauliflower Others B 3914 (b) Head brassica Brussels sprouts 0,5 Head cabbage Others 0,1 (*) (c) Leafy brassica 0,1 (*) Chinese cabbage Kale Others (d) Kohlrabi 0,1 (*) (v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS 0,1 (*) (a) Lettuce and similar Cress Lamb’s lettuce Lettuce Scarole (broadleaf endive) Others (b) Spinach and similar Spinach Beet leaves (chard) Others (c) Watercress (d) Witloof (e) Herbs Chervil Chives Parsley Celery leaves Others (vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh) Beans (with pods) 0,2 Beans (without pods) Peas (with pods) 0,2 Peas (without pods) Others 0,1 (*) (vii) STEM VEGETABLES 0,1 (*) Asparagus Cardoons Celery Fennel Globe artichokes Leek Rhubarb Others (viii) FUNGI 0,1 (*) (a) Cultivated mushrooms (b) Wild mushrooms 3. Pulses 0,1 (*) Beans Lentils Peas Others 4. Oil seeds Linseed B 3915 Peanuts Poppy seed Sesame seed Sunflower seed Rape seed Soya bean 0,2 Mustard seed Cotton seed Others 0,1 (*) 5. Potatoes 0,1 (*) Early potatoes Ware potatoes 6. Tea ( dried leaves and stalks, fermented or other-wise, Camellia sinesis) 0,1 (*) 7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder 0,1 (*) (c) the group CARBENDIZIM shall be deleted ; and (d) for columns 1 and 2 of the THIOPHANTE-METHYL group there shall be substituted the following: Thiophanate-methyl MRL (mg/kg) 1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar; nuts (i) CITRUS FRUIT 0,1 (*) Grape fruit Lemons Limes Mandarins (including clementines and other hybrids) Oranges Pomelos Others (ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled) 0,2 Almonds Brazil nuts Cashew nuts Chestnuts Coconuts Hazelnuts Macadamia Pecans Pine nuts Pistachios Walnuts Others (iii) POME FRUIT 0,5 Apples B 3916 Pears Quinces Others (iv) STONE FRUIT Apricots 2 Cherries 0,3 Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids) 2 Plums 0,3 Others 0,1 (*) (v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT (a) Table and wine grapes Table grapes 0,1 (*) Wine grapes 3 (b) Strawberries (other than wild) 0,1 (*) (c) Cane fruit (other than wild) 0,1 (*) Blackberries Dewberries Loganberries Raspberries Others (d) Other small fruit and berries (other than wild) 0,1 (*) Bilberries Cranberries Currants (red, black and white) Gooseberries Others (e) Wild berries and wild fruit 0,1 (*) (vi) MISCELLANEOUS 0,1 (*) Avocados Bananas Dates Figs Kiwi Kumquats Litchis Mangoes Olives Papaya Passion fruit Pineapples Pomegranate Others 2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry (i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES 0,1 (*) Beetroot Carrots Cassava Celeriac Horseradish Jerusalem artichokes Parsnips Parsley root Radishes B 3917 Salsify Sweet potatoes Swedes Turnips Yam Others (ii) BULB VEGETSBLES 0,1 (*) Garlic Onions Shallots Spring onions Others (iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES (a) Solanacea Tomatoes 2 Peppers Aubergines 2 Okra 2 Others 0,1 (*) (b) Cucurbits – edible peel 0,1 (*) Cucumbers Gherkins Courgettes Others (c) Cucurbits – inedible peel 0,3 Melons Squashes Watermelons Others (d) Sweet corn 0,1 (*) (iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES (a) Flowering brassica 0,1 (*) Broccoli (including Calabrese) Cauliflower Others (b) Head brassica Brussels sprouts 1 Head cabbage Others 0,1 (*) (c) Leafy brassica 0,1 (*) Chinese cabbage Kale Others (d) Kohlrabi 0,1 (*) (v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS 0,1 (*) (a) Lettuce and similar Cress Lamb’s lettuce Lettuce Scarole (broadleaf endive) Others (b) Spinach and similar Spinach B 3918 Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press Prezz 24ç – Price 24c Beet leaves (chard) Others (c) Watercress (d) Witloof (e) Herbs Chervil Chives Parsley Celery leaves Others (vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh) Beans (with pods) 0,1 (*) Beans (without pods) Peas (with pods) 0,1 (*) Peas (without pods) Others 0,1 (*) (vii) STEM VEGETABLES 0,1 (*) Asparagus Cardoons Celery Fennel Globe artichokes Leek Rhubarb Others (viii) FUNGI 0,1 (*) (a) Cultivated mushrooms (b) Wild mushrooms 3. Pulses 0,1 (*) Beans Lentils Peas Others 4. Oil seeds Linseed Peanuts Poppy seed Sesame seed Sunflower seed Rape seed Soya bean 0,3 Mustard seed Cotton seed Others 0,1 (*) 5. Potatoes 0,1 (*) Early potatoes Ware potatoes 6. Tea ( dried leaves and stalks, fermented or other-wise, Camellia sinesis) 0,1 (*) 7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder 0,1 (*) (*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.