S.I. No. 164/1995 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.


S.I. No. 164 of 1995.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

I, IVAN YATES, 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 88/298/EEC of 16 May, 1988(2) Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June, 1993(3) and Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994(4), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment), Regulations, 1995, and shall come into operation on 1st July, 1995.

(2) The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1988 and 1993, and these Regulations, may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1988 to 1995, and shall be construed as one.

2. In these Regulations—

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

"the Regulations of 1993" means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 316 of 1993 ).

(1)O.J. No. 221 of 7-8-86

(2)O.J. No. 126 of 20-5-88

(3)O.J. No. 211 of 23-8-93

(4)O.J. No. 189 of 23-7-94

3. The Schedule to Principal Regulations is hereby amended by:

( a ) the insertion in Annex II (as amended by the Regulations of 1993) after entry No. 46, of the following text:

"

47. CYFLUTHRIN, including other mixed isomeric constituents (sum of isomers)

0.05*:maize

0.02*:other cereals

48. METALAXYL

0.05*:

49. BENALAXYL

0.05*:

50. FENARIMOL

 (a): Wheat, barley

0.02*:other cereals

51. PROPICONAZOLE

0.05*:

52. DAMINOZIDE, (sum of daminozide and 1,1-dimethylhydrazine expressed as daminozide)

0.02*:

53. LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN

0.05:barley

0.02*:other cereals

54. ETHEPHON

 (b):maize

 0.2:wheat and triticale

 0.5: barley and rye

0.05*: other cereals

55. CARBOFURAN (sum of carbofuran and 3-hydroxycarbofuran expressed as carbofuran)

  (c): rice and oats

 0.1*: other cereals

56. CARBOSULFAN

0.05*:

57. BENFURACARB

 (b): maize

0.05*: other cereals

58. FURATHIOCARB

0.05*:

"

and

( b ) the substitution for the footnotes in Annex II of the following footnotes:

"*Indicates lower limit of analytical determination.

( a ) (b) (c) As from 30 June 1999 and save for adoption of other levels, the following maximum limits shall apply as indicated:

( a ) : 0.02*,

( b ) : 0.05*'

( c ) : 0.1*.

"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of June, 1995.

IVAN YATES,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations amend existing ones by setting maximum pesticide residue limits for a further 12 active substances in Annex II.