Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations, are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and further amend the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (“the principal Regulations”) (S.R. 1995 No. 33, amended by S.R. 1995 No. 461 and S.R. 1996 No. 527).
The Regulations specify maximum levels of pesticides residues which may be left in crops, food and feeding stuffs in implementation of Council Directives 96/32/EC (O.J. No. L144, 18.6.96, p. 12) and 96/33/EC (O.J. No. L144, 18.6.96, p. 35) which set Community maximum residue levels for the pesticides concerned for the first time (regulations 3 and 4) or replace Community maximum residue levels which have been set previously (regulation 5).
Maximum levels in these Regulations which are followed by * will, when inserted into Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, connect with the explanation of that symbol given there.