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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 1113
AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND AND WALES
PESTICIDES
The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made
21st March 2001
Laid before Parliament
22nd March 2001
Coming into force
15th April 2001
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only), being designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and extent 1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001; they extend to England and Wales only, and shall come into force on 15th April 2001.
Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feedingstuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 2.
- (1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feedingstuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999[3] shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) After paragraph (2) of regulation 4 there shall be inserted -
"
(2A) Where there is a changing date at the top of a column in Part 2 of Schedule 2, and an entry is shown in both italic and non-italic type, the figure in italic type is the level until the changing date, and the figure in non-italic type is the level on and after that date.".
(3) In Schedule 1 there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in columns 1 and 2 the following:
Column 1
Column 2
Pesticide
Residues
Aldicarb
sum of aldicarb, its sulfoxide and its sulfone, expressed as aldicarb
Aminotriazole (Amitrole)
aminotriazole
Amitraz
amitraz plus its metabolites containing 2,4-dimethylaniline, expressed as amitraz
sum of methomyl and thiodicarb expressed as methomyl
Methoxychlor
methoxychlor
Phoxim
phoxim
Profenophos
profenophos
(4) In Part I of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, the entry for the pesticide in column 1 of the following table shall be deleted in relation to the crop opposite in column 2 on the date specified in column 3:
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Pesticide
Crop
Date of deletion
Carbendazim
strawberries (other than wild)
1 July 2001
raspberries (other than wild)
1 April 2001
Chlorobenzilate
Citrus fruit (the whole group)
1 April 2001
Diazinon
early and ware potatoes
1 July 2001
Dicofol
apricots
1 July 2001
peaches (incl nectarines and similar hybrids)
plums
currants (other than wild) (red, black and white)
garlic
cultivated mushrooms
Endosulfan
strawberries (other than wild)
1 July 2001
blackberries (other than wild)
currants (other than wild) (red, black and white)
gooseberries (other than wild)
early and ware potatoes
Metalaxyl
citrus (whole group)
1 July 2001
Thiabendazole
early potatoes
1 July 2001
Triazophos
garlic/onions and shallots
1 July 2001
brussels sprouts
head cabbage
early and ware potatoes
Vinclozolin
celery
1 April 2001
(5) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
(6) In Schedule 3 -
(a) in paragraph 1(vi) opposite the Group of products "Miscellaneous fruit" there shall be inserted "Papaya" in the appropriate place in column 2;
(b) in paragraph 2(iii) opposite the Group of products "Fruiting vegetables" in "(a) Solanacea" there shall be inserted "Chilli peppers" between Peppers and Aubergines in column 2.
Helen Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
21st March 2001
Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales