2006 No. 985
The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(3) to (5)
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Assembly for Wales being designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section, make the following Regulations:
Citation, interpretation and commencementI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.
2
In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 20053.
3
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), these Regulations shall come into force on 27th April 2006.
4
Regulation 5 shall come into force on 10th May 2006.
5
Regulation 6 shall come into force on 21st April 2007.
Amendment to the Principal RegulationsI22
The Principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
The Residues DirectivesI33
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “the Residues Directives” substitute the following definition—
Amendments coming into force on 27th April 2006I44
Schedules 2 and 3 of the Principal Regulations are amended as follows—
a
in Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the entries in the columns relating to the pesticides Ethofumesate, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Methomyl thiodicarb, Pymetrozine and Thiabendazole substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
b
in Schedule 3—
i
in paragraph 2(i) (root and tuber vegetables), in column 2, beneath “Carrots” insert “Cassava”; and
ii
after paragraph 9 (foodstuffs of animal origin) insert the entry set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Amendments coming into force on 10th May 2006I55
Schedules 1 and 2 of the Principal Regulations are amended as follows—
a
in Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), for the entry for Metalaxyl, substitute the entry for Metalaxyl set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
b
in Schedule 2, for the entries in the columns relating to Azoxystrobin, Bifenthrin, Cyromazine, Kresoxim-methyl and Metalaxyl, substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Amendments coming into force on 21st April 2007I66
Schedules 1 and 2 of the Principal Regulations are further amended as follows—
a
in Schedule 1—
i
for the entry for Glyphosate, substitute the two entries for Glyphosate set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
ii
in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries for the pesticides Bromoxynil, Chlorpropham, Dimethenamid-P, Flazasulfuron, Flurtamone, Ioxynil, Mepanipyrim, Propoxycarbazone, Pyraclostrobin, Quinoxyfen and Zoxamide set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
b
in Schedule 2—
i
for the column relating to Glyphosate substitute the two columns relating to Glyphosate set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
ii
in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries in the columns relating to the pesticides Bromoxynil, Chlorpropham, Dimethenamid-P, Flazasulfuron, Flurtamone, Ioxynil, Mepanipyrim, Propoxycarbazone, Pyraclostrobin, Quinoxyfen and Zoxamide set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
iii
at the end, insert the footnotes set out at the end of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
I7SCHEDULE 1ENTRIES SUBSTITUTED OR INSERTED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
I8SCHEDULE 2ENTRY INSERTED IN SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
Sch. 2 in force at 27.4.2006, see reg. 1(3)
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
Group of products | Products included in the groups | Part of product to which maximum residue levels apply |
10. Spices | Cumin seed Juniper berries Nutmeg Pepper, black and white Vanilla pods Others | Whole product |
I9SCHEDULE 3ENTRIES SUBSTITUTED OR INSERTED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
Sch. 3 in force at 27.4.2006, see reg. 1(3)
Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
Pesticide | Residue |
Bromoxynil | bromoxynil including its esters expressed as bromoxynil |
Chlorpropham |
|
Dimethenamid-P | dimethenamid-P including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers) |
Flazasulfuron | flazasulfuron |
Flurtamone | flurtamone |
Glyphosate (except trimesium salt) | glyphosate |
Glyphosate (as trimesium salt) | trimethylsulfonium cation resulting from the use of glyphosate |
Ioxynil | ioxynil including its esters expressed as ioxynil |
Mepanipyrim | mepanipyrim and its metabolite (2-anilino-4-(2-hydroxy-propyl)-6-methylpyrimidine) expressed as mepanipyrim |
Metalaxyl |
|
Propoxycarbazone | propoxycarbazone, its salts and 2-hydroxypropoxy-propoxycarbazone, calculated as propoxycarbazone |
Pyraclostrobin | pyraclostrobin |
Quinoxyfen | quinoxyfen |
Zoxamide | zoxamide |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. 1 in force at 27.4.2006, see reg. 1(3)