The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

Citation and commencement S

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.

Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 S

2.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 M1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 M2 , with effect from 1st July 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:–

Column 1	Column 2
Pesticide	Residues
Thifensulfuron methyl	Thifensulfuron methyl
Triasulfuron	Triasulfuron
2,4-D	(1) For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables – 2,4-D (sum of 2,4-D and its esters) expressed as 2,4-D (2) For products of animal origin – 2,4-D

(3) In Schedule 1, with effect from 1st August 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:–

Column 1	Column 2
Pesticide	Residues
Abamectin	Abamectin (sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and delta 8,9 isomer of avermectin B1a)
Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin	Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin (sum of azocyclotin and cyhexatin expressed as cyhexatin)
Bifenthrin	Bifenthrin
Bitertanol	Bitertanol
Bromopropylate	Bromopropylate
Clofentezine	Clofentezine (sum of all compounds containing the 2 – chlorobenzoyl moiety expressed as clofentezine)
Cyromazine	Cyromazine
Fenpropimorph	(1) For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables – fenpropimorph (2) For products of animal origin – fenpropimorph carboxylic acid (BF 421-2) expressed as fenpropimorph
Flucythrinate	Flucythrinate (expressed as flucythrinate, sum of isomers)
Hexaconazole	Hexaconazole
Myclobutanil	(1) For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetable – myclobutanil (2) For products of animal origin – Alpha-(3 hyroxybutyl) – alpha-(4-chlore-phenyl) – 1H – 1, 2, 4 – triazole –1 – propanenitrile (RH 9090) expressed as myclobutanil
Penconazole	Penconazole
Prochloraz	Prochloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2, 4, 6 – Trichlorophenol moiety expressed as prochloraz)
Profenofos	Profenofos
Resmethrin	Resmethrin, including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)
Tridemorph	Tridemorph
Triadimefon and Triadimenol	Triadimefon and Triadimenol (sum of triadimefon and triadimenol)

(4) In Part 1 of Schedule 2, with effect from 1st August 2003, the entry relating to Bitertanol together with all residue levels relevant thereto is omitted.

(5) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 M3 , there is substituted the Part set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(6) For Schedule 5 M4 , there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.S.I. 2000/22 amended by S.S.I. 2001/84, 221 and 435 and 2002/271 and 489.

M2 Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2001/84 and 221 and 2002/271 and 489.

M3 Part 2 of Schedule 2 was substituted by S.S.I. 2002/489.

M4 Schedule 5 was inserted by S.S.I. 2002/271 and substituted by S.S.I. 2002/489.

Consequential amendments S

3.  Regulation 2(6) and (7) of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 M5 are hereby revoked.

Marginal Citations

M5 S.S.I. 2002/489.

ROSS FINNIE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

27th February 2003