S.I. No. 534/2002 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 (2002_si_534) | IE

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Reg. 1 S.I. No. 534/2002 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 Open official source

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (Amendment Regulations, 2002.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation in respect of Lindane and Quintozene on 1 December 2002, in respect of Bentazone, Pyridate and Oxydemetonmethyl on 1 January 2003, respect of Parathion on 1 May 2003 and in respect of abamectin, azocyclotin and cyhexatin, bifenthrin, bitertanol bromopropylate, clofentezine, cyromazine, fenpropimorph, flucytrinate methacrifos, myclobutanil, pencanzole, prochloraz, profenofos, Resmethrin Tridemorph, and triadimefon and triadimenol on 1 August 2003.

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Reg. 2 S.I. No. 534/2002 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 Open official source

2. Annex II of the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1999 (

S.I. No. 180 of 1999

). is amended by

(a) the addition of the following entries to Part A of Annex II

Maximum levels in mg/kg

Pesticide Residues

of fat contained in meat, preparations of meat, offals and animal fats listed in Annex I within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00 00, 0206, 0207, ex 0208, 0209 00, 0210, 1601 00 and 1602 in accordance with footnotes (1) and (4)

for cows' milk and whole cream cows' milk listed in Annex 1 within CN codes 0401; for the other foodstuffs within CN codes 0401, 0402, 0405 00 and 0406 in accordance with footnotes (2) and (4)

of shelled fresh eggs, in birds' eggs and egg yokes listed in Annex 1 within CN codes 0407 00 and 0408 in accordance with footnotes (3) and (4)

Abamectin (sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and delta-8,9 isomer of avermectin B1a)

0.02 cattle liver (see Regulation (EC) No3425/93)

0.01(*)

other products

0.005(*)

0.01(*)

Bifenthrin

0.1 cattle fat

0.05(*)

other products

0.01(*)

Bitertanol

0.05(*)

Bromopropylate

0.05(*)

Flucythrinate (sum of isomers, expressed as flucythrinate)

0.05(*)

Lindane

Poultry meat 0.07

Others 0.02

0.001

(*)

0.1

Methacrifos

0.01(*)

Parathion

0.5

(*)

0.05

(*)

0.05

(*)

Penconazole

0.05(*)

0.01(*)

0.05(*)

Prochloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2,4,6-Trichloro-phenol moiety, expressed as prochloraz)

0.2 bovine fat

2.0 bovine liver

0.5 bovine kidney

0.1(*)

other products

0.02 (*)

0.1(*)

Profenofos

0.05(*)

0.01(*)

0.05(*)

0.01

(*)

0.01

(*)

0.01

(*)

Quintozene

Resmethrin, including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)

0.1(*)

Tridemorph

0.05(*)

Triadimenol and Triadimefon (sum of triadimenol and triadimefon)

0.1(*)

and

(b) the addition of the following entries to Part B of Annex II

Maximum levels in mg/kg

Pesticide Residues

of meat including fat, preparations of meat, offals and animal fats listed in Annex I within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00 00, 0206, 0207, ex 0208, 0209 00, 0210, 1601 00 and 1602

for milk and milk products listed in Annex 1 within CN codes 0401, 0402, 0405 00 and 0406

of shelled fresh eggs, for birds' eggs and egg yokes listed in Annex 1 within CN codes 0407 00 and 0408

Pymetrozine

0.01

(*)

0.01

(*)

0.01

(*)

‘Bentazone

0.05

(*)

0.02

(*)

0.05 (*)

Pyridate (sum of pyridate and its hydrolysis product CL 9673 (6-chloro-4- hydroxy-3-phenylpyridazin) expressed as pyridate)

kidney except poultry 0.4 other products

(*)

0.05

(*)

0.05 (*)

Oxydemetonmethyl (sum of oxydemetonmethyl and demeton-S-methylsulfone expressed as oxydemetonmethyl

0.02 (*)

0.02(*)

Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin (sum of azocyclotin and cyhexatin expressed as cyhexatin)

0.2 meat of cattle

0.05(*)

other products

0.05(*)

Fenpropimorph carboxylic acid (BF 421-2) expressed as fenpropimorph

0.3 liver of cattle, goat, pig and sheep

0.05 kidney of cattle, goat, pig and sheep

0.01(*)

poultry meat, fat, edible offal

0.02 meat of cattle, goat, pig and sheep

0.01 other products

0.01

0.01(*)

Cyromazine

0.05(*)

all products except sheep

0.02(*)

0.2

Clofentezine (sum of all compounds containing the 2-chlorobenzoyl moiety expressed as clofentezine)

0.1 liver of cattle, sheep and goat

0.05(*)

other products

0.05(*)

0.02(*)

Alpha-(3-hydroxybutyl)-alpha-(4-chlorophenyl) - 1H - 1,2,4 -triazole -1-propanenitrile (RH9090) expressed as myclobutanil)

0.01(*)

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 foodstuffs of animal origin.

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(*) Indicates lower limit of analytical determination

(*)