European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 (S.I. No. 533 of 2002)

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No. 533 of 2002 European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 19861 as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 19882, Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 19933, Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 19944, Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 19955, Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 19966, Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 19977, Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 19978, Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 19989, Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 199910, Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 199911, Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 200012, Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200013 and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200014, Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 200015; Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 200016,Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 200017, Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 200018, Commission Directive 2001/39/EC of 23 May 200119, Commission Directive 2001/48/EC of 28 June 200120, Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 200121, Commission Directive 2002/23/EC of 26 February 200222, Commission Directive 2002/42/EC of 17 May 200223, Commission Directive 1 O.J. 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No. L 291, 28.10.2002, p. 1. 2002/66/EC of 16 July 200224 , Commission Directive 2002/71/EC of 19 August 200225, Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 6 September 200226 and Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 2 October 200227 hereby make the following Regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation in respect of Lindane, Quintozene and Permethrin on 1 December 2002, in respect of Bentazone, Pyridate and Metsulfuron-methyl, Oxydemeton-methyl, Dimethoate and Formothion on 1 January 2003, in respect of Parathion on 1 May 2003 and in respect of abamectin, azocyclotin and cyhexatin, bifenthrin, bitertanol, bromopropylate, clofentezine, cyromazine, fenpropimorph, flucytrinate, hexaconazole, methacrifos, myclobutanil, pencanzole, prochloraz, profenofos, resmethrin, tridemorph and triadimefon and triadimenol on 1 August 2003. 2. Part A of Annex II of the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 181 of 1999) is amended by the addition of the following entries to: Pesticide Residues Maximum Residue levels in mg/kg Flupyrsulfuron-methyl 0.02 (*) Cereals Pymetrozine 0.2 (*) Cereals ‘Bentazone (sum of Bentazone and the conjugates of 6-OH- and 8-OH-bentazone expressed as bentazone) 0.01 (*) Cereals Pyridate (sum of pyridate, its hydrolysis product CL 9673 (6-chloro-4-hydroxy-3-phenylpyridazin) and hydrolysable conjugates of CL 9673 expressed as pyridate) 0.05 (*) Cereals Lindane 0.01 (*) Cereals Quintozene (sum of quintozene, and pentachloro aniline expressed as quintozene) 0.02 (*) Cereals Permethrin (sum of isomers) 0.05 (*) Cereals Parathion 0.05 (*) Cereals Metsulfuron-methyl 0.05 (*) Cereals Oxydemeton-methyl (sum of oxydemeton-methyl and demeton-S-methylsulfone expressed as oxydemeton-methyl 0.1 Barley and oats 0.02(*) Other cereals Dimethoate (sum of dimethoate and omethoate expressed as dimethoate) 0.3 Wheat, Rye and triticale, 0.02(*) Other cereals Formothion 0.02(*) Cereals Abamectin ( sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and delta-8,9 isomer of avermectin B1a) 0.01 (*) Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin (sum of azocyclotin and cyhexatin expressed as cyhexatin) 0.05(*) Bifenthrin 0.5 wheat, barley, oats, triticale 0.05(*) other cereals Bitertanol 0.05(*) 2 Bromopropylate 0.05(*) Cyromazine 0.05(*) Clofentezine (sum of all compounds containing the 2-chlorobenzoyl moiety expressed as clofentezine) 0.02(*) Fenpropimorph 0.5 barley, wheat, oats, rye, spelt, triticale 0.05(*) other cereals Flucythrinate (sum of isomers, expressed as flucythrinate) 0.05(*) Hexaconazole 0.02(*) Methacrifos 0.05(*) Myclobutanil 0.02(*) Penconazole 0.05(*) Prochloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2,4,6-Trichloro-phenol moiety, expressed as prochloraz) 1 oats, barley 0.5 triticale, wheat, rye 0.05(*) other cereals Profenofos 0.05(*) Resmethrin, including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers) 0.05(*) Tridemorph 0.2 barley, oats 0.05(*) other cereals Triadimenol and Triadimefon (sum of triadimenol and triadimefon) 0.2 wheat, barley, oats, rye, triticale 0.1(*) other cereals (*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination. GIVEN under my Official Seal, November 2002 L.S. Joe Walsh Minister for Agriculture and Food. 3 4 Explanatory Note (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) These Regulations amend existing Regulations on the fixing of maximum residue levels for pesticides in and on cereals. Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin 2. Pn No. : Price : €