S.I. No. 316/1993 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

S.I. No. 316 of 1993.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July, 1986⁽¹⁾, as amended by Council Directive No. 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988 ⁽²⁾and Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June, 1993⁽³⁾, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 8th day of November 1993.

(3) The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1988 and these Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1988 and 1993, and shall be construed together as one.

2. In the Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1988 ( S.I. No. 216 of 1988 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by:

(1) the substitution of the text of Annex 1 by the following:

CN code	Description
ex 1001	Wheat
1002 00 00	Rye
1003 00	Barley
1004 00	Oats

⁽¹⁾ O.J. No. L 221/37 7.8.86

⁽²⁾ O.J. No. L 126/53 20.5.88

⁽³⁾ O.J. No. L 211/1 23.8.93

CN code	Description
1005	Maize
1006	Rice
1007 00	Grain sorghum
ex 1008	Buckwheat, millet, other cereals

(2) by the addition of the following to the text of Annex II:

Pesticide residues					Maximum levels in mg/kg (ppm)
25	Acephate				0.02*
26	Benomyl	}		sum expressed as carbendazim	(a) : barley
27	Carbendazim				0.1* : other cereals
28	Thiophanate-Methyl
29	Chlorpyrifos				(b) : barley
					0.05* : other cereals
30	Chlorpyrifos-Methyl				0.05* : rice
31	Chlorthalonil				0.1 : wheat, rye,
					: barley, oats
					: and triticale
					0.01* : other cereals
32	CYPERMETHRIN, including other mixtures of constituents isomers (sum of isomers)				(b) : wheat, barley, oats and rye
					0.05* : other cereals
33	DELTAMETHRIN				1
34	FENVALERATE, including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)				(b) : barley, oats, rye and triticale
					0.05* : other cereals
35	GLYPHOSATE				5 : wheat, rye and triticale
					20 : barley and oats
					0.1* : other cereals
36	IMAZALIL				0.02*
37	IPRODIONE				0.5 : wheat
					(c) : barley and rice
					0.02* : other cereals
38	MANCOZEB		Sum expressed as CS₂		0.05* : maize and rice
39	MANEB				(b ) : other cereals
40	METIRAM
41	PROPINEB
42	ZINEB
43	METHAMIDOPHOS				0.01*
44	PERMETHRIN				0.2 : maize
	(sum of isomers)				2 : other cereals
45	PROCYMIDONE				0.02*
46	VINCLOZOLIN				0.05*
	(sum of vinclozolin and all metabolites containing the 3,5—dichloroaniline molety, expressed as vinclozolin)
	*Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.
(a) (b) (c) Should levels not be adopted by 1 January 1998, the following maximum levels shall apply as indicated thereafter
	(a): 0.1*
	(b): 0.05*
	(c): 0.02*

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of November, 1993.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture, Food

and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations, amend existing Regulations by (1) extending the range of products in Annex I and (2) setting maximum pesticide residue limits for a further 22 active substances in ANNEX II.