The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

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(1) 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
Aramite	aramite
Azoxystrobin	azoxystrobin
Barban	barban
Bromopropylate	bromopropylate
Chlorbenside	chlorbenside
Chlorbufam	chlorbufam
Chlorfenson	chlorfenson
Chloroxuron	chloroxuron
Diallate	diallate
1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (4-ethyl-phenyl-) ethane	1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (4-ethyl-phenyl-) ethane
Fenvalarate and esfenvalerate	fenvalerate and esfenvalerate (sum of isomers)
Flucythrinate	sum of isomers
Folpet	folpet
Kresoxim-methyl	kresoxim-methyl (for plants)
	2-methyloxyimino-2[2-(O-tolyloxymethyl) phenyl] acetic acid (for meat, liver, fat and 2-[2-(4-hydroxy-2-methylphenoxymethyl) phenyl]-2-methoxy-iminoacetic acid (for milk)
Methidathion	methidathion
Methomyl thiodicarb	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

15th March 2001