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agriculture, england and wales
pesticides, england and wales
Made
17th October 2007
Laid before Parliament
23rd October 2007
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
23rd October 2007
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers are designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy.
Acting jointly, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers (the Welsh Ministers acting in relation to Wales only), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section make the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 17th November 2007, except for—
(a) regulation 5, which comes into force on 27th November 2007;
(b) regulation 6, which comes into force on 28th December 2007; and
(c) regulation 7, which comes into force on 21st January 2008.
2. Regulation 10 of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007(3) is revoked.
3. The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005(4) are amended in accordance with these Regulations.
4.—(1) In Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries for the pesticides 1-methylcyclopropene, Etoxazole, Indoxacarb, MCPA and MCPB, Mesosulfuron-methyl, Tolylfluanid and Triticonazole set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels)—
(a) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the columns and corresponding entries relating to the pesticides 1-methylcyclopropene, Etoxazole, Indoxacarb, MCPA and MCPB, Mesosulfuron-methyl, Tolylfluanid and Triticonazole set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(b) at the end, add as footnotes 50, 51 and 52 the footnotes numbered (50), (51) and (52) set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(c) for the entries in the column relating to the pesticide Penconazole, substitute the entries in the column relating to that pesticide in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(3) In Schedule 3, in paragraph 2(v)(a) (lettuce and similar) in column 2, after the words “Leaves and stems of brassica”, insert “, including turnip greens”.
5.—(1) In Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), for the entry for the pesticide Maleic hydrazide, substitute the entry for Maleic hydrazide set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(2) In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels)—
(a) for the columns headed “Maleic-hydrazide (until 4 December 2006)” and “Maleic-hydrazide (from 4 December 2006)” and the corresponding entries in those columns, substitute the column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations headed “Maleic hydrazide” and the corresponding entries in that column;
(b) for the entries in the columns related to the pesticides Azoxystrobin, Chlorfenapyr, Folpet, Iprodione, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Metalaxyl and Trifloxystrobin, substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
6. In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the entries in the column relating to the pesticide Diazinon, substitute the entries for that pesticide in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
7. In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the column headed “Phenmedipham: Applying from 16 August 2007”, substitute the column headed “Phenmedipham” set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Phil Woolas
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
16th October 2007
Elin Jones
Minister for Rural Affairs one of the Welsh Ministers
17th October 2007
Column 1 Pesticide |
Column 2 Residue |
|---|---|
| 1-methylcyclopropene | 1-methylcyclopropene |
| Etoxazole | Etoxazole |
| Indoxacarb | Indoxacarb as sum of the isomers S and R |
| Maleic hydrazide | (1) for products of plant origin and foodstuffs of animal origin other than milk and milk products: maleic hydrazide (2) for milk and milk products: maleic hydrazide and its conjugates expressed as maleic hydrazide |
| MCPA and MCPB | (1) for products of plant origin: MCPA, MCPB including their salts, esters and conjugates expressed as MCPA (2) for foodstuffs of animal origin: MCPA, MCPB and MCPA thioethyl expressed as MCPA |
| Mesosulfuron-methyl | Mesosulfuron-methyl expressed as mesosulfuron |
| Tolylfluanid | (a) for products of plant origin: sum of Tolylfluanid and dimethylaminosulfotoluidide expressed as Tolylfluanid (b) for foodstuffs of animal origin: Tolylfluanid analysed as dimethylaminosulfotoluidide and expressed as Tolylfluanid |
| Triticonazole | Triticonazole |
In relation to England by S.I. 1972/1811 and in relation to Wales by S.I. 2005/2766. By virtue of sections 59(1) and 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers. Back [1]
S.I. 2007/2083. Back [3]
S.I. 2005/3286 as amended by S.I. 2006/985, 2006/1742, 2006/2922, 2007/971 and 2007/2083. Back [4]
The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007