Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2420

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

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" "the Residues Directives" means Council Directive 86/362/EEC[4], Council Directive 86/363/EEC[5] and Council Directive 90/642/EEC[6], in each case amended as at the date of the making of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001.".

    (3) In Schedule 1 there shall be inserted at the appropriate places in columns 1 and 2 the following:

Column 1	Column 2
Pesticide	Residues
Azinphos-ethyl	azinphos-ethyl
Chlozolinate	chlozolinate
Dinoterb	dinoterb
DNOC	DNOC
Monolinuron	monolinuron
Propham	propham
Pyrazophos	pyrazophos
Spiroxamine	spiroxamine
Tecnazene	tecnazene

    (4) On 1st July 2003, the entry for the pesticide Tecnazene in relation to lettuce shall be deleted from Part 1 to Schedule 2.

    (5) In each column of Part 2 of Schedule 2, where the expression "(changing 1 July 2001)" appears at the top, that expression shall be deleted and so shall each entry in italic type to which it refers.

    (6) In Part 2 of Schedule 2, there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in relation to the products so specified.

    (7) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 maximum residue levels shall be substituted as follows - 

(a) for mg/kg of chlormequat - 


(i) on pears delete "0.05*" and insert "0.5",

(ii) on both olives (table consumption) and olives (oil extract) delete "0.05*" and insert "0.1*", and

(iii) on cultivated mushrooms delete "0.05*" and insert "10";



(b) for mg/kg of chlorothalonil - 



(i) on blackberries delete "0.01*" and insert "10", and

(ii) on bananas delete "2" and insert "0.2";



(c) for mg/kg of dicofol - 



(i) on table grapes delete "0.02*" and insert "2", and

(ii) on tomatoes delete "0.02*" and insert "1";



(d) for mg/kg of diphenylamine - 



(i) on apples delete "0.05*" and insert "5", and

(ii) on pears delete "0.05*" and insert "10";



(e) for mg/kg of endosulfan on peppers delete "0.05*" and insert "1".

    (8) The following footnotes shall be added at the end of Part 2 of Schedule 2 - 

     " 37 The residues definition for this MRL is: spiroxamine carboxylic acid expressed as spiroxamine.

     38 Scarole includes broad-leaf endive.

     39 Liver and kidney."

Whitty,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

25th June 2001



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales


Elis Thomas
Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales

5th July 2001

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] S.I. 1999/3483 as amended by S.I. 2001/1113.back

[4] OJ No. L221, 7.8.86, p.37. The last amending instrument is Commission Directive 2000/82/EC (OJ No. L3, 6.1.2001, p.18).back

[5] OJ No. L221, 7.8.86, p.43. The last amending instrument is Commission Directive 2000/82/EC.back

[6] OJ No. L350, 14.12.90, p.71. The last amending instrument is Commission Directive 2001/35/EC (OJ No. L136, 18.5.2001, p.42).back