S.I. No. 21/2015 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. TheEuropean Communities (Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2008 (

S.I. No.565 of 2008

) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Pesticide MRL Regulation”, (as amended by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (

S.I. No. 252 of 2014

)), the following—

“‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No.396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005

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as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 178/2006 of 1 February 2006

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 149/2008 of 29 January 2008

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, Regulation (EC) No. 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2008 of 18 March 2008

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 839/2008 of 31 July 2008

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2009 of 23 March 2009

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 822/2009 of 27 August 2009

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 2009

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, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 304/2010 of 9 April 2010

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2010 of 27 May 2010

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 750/2010 of 7 July 2010

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 893/2010 of 8 October 2010

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 310/2011 of 28 March 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No.508/2011 of 24 May 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No.520/2011 of 25 May 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 524/2011 of 26 May 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 559/2011 of 7 June 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No.812/2011 of 10 August 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 813/2011 of 11 August 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 978/2011 of 3 October 2011

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 270/2012 of 26 March 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No.322/2012 of 16 April 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 441/2012 of 24 May 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 of 21 September 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 34/2013 of 16 January 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2013 of 11 March 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2013 of 14 March 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 251/2013 of 22 March 2013

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,Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of 20 March 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 500/2013 of 30 May 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013 of 12 July 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2013 of 8 August 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 777/2013 of 12 August 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2013 of 30 August 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2013 of 15 October 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1138/2013 of 8 November 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1317/2013 of 16 December 2013

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2014 of 16 January 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2014 of 20 January 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2014 of 29 January 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2014 of 31 January 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 289/2014 of 21 March 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2014 of 27 March 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2014 of 4 April 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 2014;”.

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 252 of 2014) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 January 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the maximum residue levels (MRL) for certain plant protection products permissible in food and feed as provided for under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

1 O.J. No.L146 of 16.05.2014, p.1

2 O.J. No.L171 of 11.06.2014, p.1

3 O.J. No.L186 of 26.06.2014, p.1

4 O.J. No.L202 of 10.07.2014, p.1

5 O.J. No.L208 of 15.07.2014, p.1

6 O.J. No.L279 of 23.09.2014, p.1

7 O.J. No.L300 of 18.10.2014, p.5

8 O.J. No.L304 of 23.10.2014, p.43

9 O.J. No.L305 of 24.10.2014, p.3

10 O.J. No.L305 of 24.10.2014, p.47

11 O.J. No.L308 of 29.10.2014, p.3

12 O.J. No.L70 of 16.03.2005, p.1

13 O.J. No.L29 of 02.02.2006, p.3

14 O.J. No.L58 of 01.03.2008, p.1

15 O.J. No.L97 of 09.04.2008, p.67

16 O.J. No.L76 of 19.03.2008, p.31

17 O.J. No.L234 of 30.08.2008, p.1

18 O.J. No.L81 of 27.03.2009, p.3

19 O.J. No.L239 of 10.09.2009, p.5

20 O.J. No.L290 of 06.11.2009, p.7

21 O.J. No.L301 of 17.11.2009, p.6

22 O.J. No.L94 of 15.04.2010, p.1

23 O.J. No.L129 of 28.05.2010, p.3

24 O.J. No.L220 of 21.08.2010, p.1

25 O.J. No.L266 of 09.10.2010, p.10

26 O.J. No.L86 of 01.04.2011, p.1

27 O.J. No.L137 of 25.05.2011, p.3

28 O.J. No.L140 of 27.05.2011, p.2

29 O.J. No.L142 of 28.05.2011, p.1

30 O.J. No.L152 of 11.06.2011, p.1

31 O.J. No.L208 of 13.08.2011, p.1

32 O.J. No.L208 of 13.08.2011, p.23

33 O.J. No.L258 of 04.10.2011, p.12

34 O.J. No.L89 of 27.03.2012, p.5

35 O.J. No.L105 of 17.04.2012, p.1

36 O.J. No.L135 of 25.05.2012, p.4

37 O.J. No.L144 of 05.06.2012, p.25

38 O.J. No.L166 of 27.06.2012, p.67

39 O.J. No.L176 of 06.07.2012, p.1

40 O.J. No.L273 of 06.10.2012, p.1

41 O.J. No.L266 of 02.10.2012, p.1

42 O.J. No.L25 of 26.01.2013, p.1

43 O.J. No.L68 of 12.03.2013, p.30

44 O.J. No.L75 of 19.03.2013, p.1

45 O.J. No.L88 of 27.03.2013, p.1

46 O.J. No.L96 of 05.04.2013, p.1

47 O.J. No.L151 of 04.06.2013, p.1

48 O.J. No.L192 of 13.07.2013, p.39

49 O.J. No.L217 of 13.08.2013, p.1

50 O.J. No.L221 of 17.08.2013, p.1

51 O.J. No.L233 of 31.08.2013, p.11

52 O.J. No.L279 of 19.10.2013, p.10

53 O.J. No.L307 of 16.11.2013, p.1

54 O.J. No. L339 of 17.12.2013, p.1

55 O.J. No. L17 of 21.01.2014, p.1

56 O.J. No. L16 of 21.01.2014, p.13

57 O.J. No. L22 of 25.01.2014, p.1

58 O.J. No. L27 of 30.01.2014, p.9

59 O.J. No. L35 of 05.02.2014, p.1

60 O.J. No. L87 of 22.03.2014, p.49

61 O.J. No. L93 of 28.03.2014, p.28

62 O.J. No. L112 of 15.04.2014, p.1

63 O.J. No. L119 of 23.04.2014, p.3

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th January

, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014

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, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014

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and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 2014

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hereby make the following regulations