LegalizeThe Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001
Made: 21st March 2001
Laid before Parliament: 22nd March 2001
Coming into force: 15th April 2001
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly (the National Assembly for Wales acting in relation to Wales only), being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by that section, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and extent
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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
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- (1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feedingstuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 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.
SCHEDULE
Signed
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
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811 in the case of the Minister and S.I. 1999/2788 in the case of the National Assembly for Wales.
[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.
[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/3483.
Editorial notes
[^c15539991]: S.I. 1972/1811 in the case of the Minister and S.I. 1999/2788 in the case of the National Assembly for Wales.
[^c15540001]: 1972 c.68.
[^c15540011]: S.I. 1999/3483.
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