Europehan Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 622 of 2001)

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No. 622 of 2001 European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2001 I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 2000/48/EC of 25 July 200013; and Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 200014, Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200015 and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 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 and Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 200121, hereby make the following Regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2001. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2002. 1 O.J. No. L221/37 of 7/8/1986 2 O.J. No. L126/53 of 20/5/1988 3 O.J. No. L211/1 of 23/8/1993 4 O.J. No. L189/67 of 23/7/1994 5 O.J. No. L197/29 of 22/8/1995 6 O.J. No. L144/35 of 18/6/1996 7 O.J. No. L184/33 of 12/7/1997 8 O.J. No. L347/42 of 18/12/1997 9 O.J. No. L290/25 of 29/10/1998 10 O.J. No. L172/40 of 8/7/1999 11 O.J. No. L194/36 of 27/7/1999 12 O.J. No. L107/28 of 4/5/2000 13 O.J. No. L197/26 of 3/8/2000 14 O.J. No. L244/78 of 29/9/2000 15 O.J. No. L158/51 of 30/6/2000 16 O.J. No. L262/46 of 17/10/2000 17 O.J. No. L326/56 of 22/12/2000 18 O.J. No. L3/18 of 6/1/2001 19 O.J. No. L148/70 of 1/6/2001 20 O.J. No. L180/26 of 3/7/2001 21 O.J. No. L208/36 of 1/8/2001 2 2. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 181 of 1999). “the Directive” means 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 2000/48/EC of 25 July 200013, Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 200014, Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200015 and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200016, Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 200017 and 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 and Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 200121. 3. Annex II of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition of the following entries to Part A of Annex II: “ Pesticide Residues Maximum Residue levels in mg/kg 1 O.J. No. L221/37 of 7/8/1986 12 O.J. No. L107/28 of 4/5/2000 2 O.J. No. L126/53 of 20/5/1988 13 O.J. No. L197/26 of 3/8/2000 3 O.J. No. L211/1 of 23/8/1993 14 O.J. No. L244/78 of 29/9/2000 4 O.J. No. L189/67 of 23/7/1994 15 O.J. No. L158/51 of 30/6/2000 5 O.J. No. L197/29 of 22/8/1995 16 O.J. No. L262/46 of 17/10/2000 6 O.J. No. L144/35 of 18/6/1996 17 O.J. No. L326/56 of 22/12/2000 7 O.J. No. L184/33 of 12/7/1997 18 O.J. No. L3/18 of 6/1/2001 8 O.J. No. L347/42 of 18/12/1997 19 O.J. No. L148/70 of 1/6/2001 9 O.J. No. L290/25 of 29/10/1998 20 O.J. No. L180/26 of 3/7/2001 10 O.J. No. L172/40 of 8/7/1999 21 O.J. No. L208/36 of 1/8/2001 11 O.J. No. L194/36 of 27/7/1999 3 (ppm) Azimsulfuron 0.02 (*) (p) Cereals Prohexadione (prohexadione and its salts expressed as prohexadione) 0.2 (p) Wheat and Barley 0.05 (*) (p) Other Cereals Azoxystrobin 0.3 (p1) Oats Fluroxypyr including its esters expressed as fluroxypyr 0.1 (p2) Barley, oats, rye, triticale and wheat 0.05 (*) (p2) Other Cereals (*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination. (p) Indicates provisional maximum residue level established in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC: all provisional maximum residue levels for these pesticide residues will be treated as definitive in accordance with Article 10 of the Directive with effect from 21 June 2005. (p1) Indicates provisional maximum residue level established in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC: all provisional maximum residue levels for these pesticide residues will be treated as definitive in accordance with Article 10 of the Directive with effect from 1 August 2003. (p2) Indicates provisional maximum residue level established in accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Directive 91/414/EEC: all provisional maximum residue levels for these pesticide residues will be treated as definitive in accordance with Article 10 of the Directive with effect from 21 August 2005. “ GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of December 2001 L.S. Joe Walsh Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. 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. : 10980