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

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 pentachloroaniline 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 B 1a, avermectin B 1b and delta-8,9 isomer of avermectin B 1a)

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(*)

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

November 2002

Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

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.

1

O.J. No. L221, 07.08.1986, p. 37.

2

O.J. No. L126, 20.05.1988, p. 53.

3

O.J. No. L211, 23.08.1993, p. 1.

4

O.J. No. L189, 23.07.1994, p. 67.

5

O.J. No. L197, 22.08.1995, p. 29.

6

O.J. No. L144, 18.06.1996, p. 35.

7

O.J. No. L184, 12.07.1997, p. 33.

8

O.J. No. L347, 18.12.1997, p. 42.

9

O.J. No. L290, 29.10.1998, p. 25.

10

O.J. No. L172, 08.07.1999, p. 40.

11

O.J. No. L194, 27.07.1999, p. 36.

12

O.J. No. L107, 04.05.2000, p. 28.

13

O.J. No. L158, 30.06.2000, p. 51.

14

O.J. No. L262, 17.10.2000, p. 46.

15

O.J. No. L197, 03.08.2000, p. 26.

16

O.J. No. L244, 29.09.2000, p. 78.

17

O.J. No. L326, 22.12.2000, p. 56.

18

O.J. No. L3, 06.01.2001, p. 18.

19

O.J. No. L148, 01.06.2001, p. 70.

20

O.J. No. L180, 03.07.2001, p. 26.

21

O.J. No. L208, 01.08.2001, p. 36.

22

O.J. No. L64, 07.03.2002, p. 13.

23

O.J. No. L134, 22.05.2002, p. 29.

24

O.J No.L192, 20.07.2002, p. 47.

25

O.J No.L225, 22.08.2002, p. 21.

26

O.J No.L240, 07.09.2002, p. 45.

27

O.J No.L291, 28.10.2002, p. 1.

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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 1986

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as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988

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, Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993

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, Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994

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, Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995

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, Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996

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Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997

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, Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 1997

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, Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 1998

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, Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 1999

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, Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999

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, Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 2000

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, Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000

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and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 2000

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, Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 2000

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; Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 2000

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, Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 2000

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, Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 2000

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, Commission Directive 2001/39/EC of 23 May 2001

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Commission Directive 2001/48/EC of 28 June 2001

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, Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 2001

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, Commission Directive 2002/23/EC of 26 February 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/42/EC of 17 May 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/66/EC of 16 July 2002

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, Commission Directive 2002/71/EC of 19 August 2002

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Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 6 September 2002

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and Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 2 October 2002

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hereby make the following Regulations