The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, amend the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/599) (“the principal Regulations”).

These Regulations implement Commission Directives 2007/55/EC (O.J. No. L 243, 18.9.2007, p.41), 2007/56/EC (O.J. No. L 243, 18.9.2007, p.50), 2007/57/EC (O.J. No. L 243, 18.9.2007, p.61) and 2007/62/EC (O.J. No. L 260, 5.10.2007, p.4).

The Regulations come into force, in stages, on 19th December 2007, 19th March 2008 and 6th April 2008. They substitute or insert–

(a) new residue definitions for the pesticides Bifenazate, Deltamethrin, Dithiocarbamates, Pethoxamid, Propineb, Pyrimethanil, Rimsulfuron, Thiram and Ziram in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, which identifies the pesticide residues that are taken into account in the measuring of residue levels for each pesticide; and

(b) maximum residue levels for the pesticides Azinphos-methyl, Azoxystrobin, Bifenazate, Chlorothalonil, Deltamethrin, Dithiocarbamates, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Ioxynil, Oxamyl, Pethoxamid, Propineb, Pyrimethanil, Quinoxyfen, Rimsulfuron, Thiram and Ziram in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.

Regulation 3(2)(b) corrects an error in the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/481).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) was prepared in respect of the principal Regulations which provides a basis for establishing the impact of amendments to those Regulations. Copies of the RIA can be obtained from the Scottish Government Rural Directorate, Area 1B, Pentland House, 47 Robb’s Loan, Edinburgh, EH14 1TY. Copies have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.