S.I. No. 228/2015 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th June, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/165 of 3 February 20151 , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/399 of 25 February 20152 , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/400 of 25 February 20153 , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/401 of 25 February 20154 , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/552 of 7 April 20155 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/603 of 13 April 20156 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015.

2. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 565 of 2008 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Pesticide MRL Regulation”, (as amended by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 21 of 2015 )), the following—

“‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 20057 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 178/2006 of 1 February 20068 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 149/2008 of 29 January 20089 , Regulation (EC) No. 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 200810 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2008 of 18 March 200811 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 839/2008 of 31 July 200812 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2009 of 23 March 200913 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 822/2009 of 27 August 200914 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 200915 , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1097/2009 of 16 November 200916 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 304/2010 of 9 April 201017 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2010 of 27 May 201018 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 750/2010 of 7 July 201019 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 893/2010 of 8 October 201020 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 310/2011 of 28 March 201121 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 508/2011 of 24 May 201122 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 520/2011 of 25 May 201123 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 524/2011 of 26 May 201124 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 559/2011 of 7 June 201125 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 812/2011 of 10 August 201126 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 813/2011 of 11 August 201127 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 978/2011 of 3 October 201128 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 270/2012 of 26 March 201229 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 322/2012 of 16 April 201230 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 441/2012 of 24 May 201231 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 201232 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 201233 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 201234 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 of 21 September 201235 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 201236 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 34/2013 of 16 January 201337 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2013 of 11 March 201338 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2013 of 14 March 201339 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 251/2013 of 22 March 201340 ,Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of 20 March 201341 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 500/2013 of 30 May 201342 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013 of 12 July 201343 (as corrected by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013)44 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2013 of 8 August 201345 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 777/2013 of 12 August 201346 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2013 of 30 August 201347 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2013 of 15 October 201348 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1138/2013 of 8 November 201349 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1317/2013 of 16 December 201350 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2014 of 16 January 201451 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2014 of 20 January 201452 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 201453 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2014 of 29 January 201454 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2014 of 31 January 201455 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 289/2014 of 21 March 201456 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2014 of 27 March 201457 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2014 of 4 April 201458 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 201459 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 201460 , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 617/2014 of 3 June 201461 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 201462 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 201463 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 201464 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 201465 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 201466 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 201467 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 201468 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 201469 , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 201470 , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/165 of 3 February 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/399 of 25 February 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/400 of 25 February 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/401 of 25 February 2015, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/552 of 7 April 2015 (as corrected by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/552)71 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/603 of 13 April 2015;”.

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 21 of 2015 ) are revoked.

/images/ls

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 May 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the maximum residue levels (MRL) for certain plant protection products permissible in food and feed as provided for under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

1 O.J. No. L28 of 04.02.2015, p.1

2 O.J. No. L71 of 14.03.2015, p.1

3 O.J. No. L71 of 14.03.2015, p.56

4 O.J. No. L71 of 14.03.2015, p.114

5 O.J. No. L92 of 08.04.2015, p.20

6 O.J. No. L100 of 17.04.2015, p.10

7 O.J. No. L70 of 16.03.2005, p.1

8 O.J. No. L29 of 02.02.2006, p.3

9 O.J. No. L58 of 01.03.2008, p.1

10 O.J. No. L97 of 09.04.2008, p.67

11 O.J. No. L76 of 19.03.2008, p.31

12 O.J. No. L234 of 30.08.2008, p.1

13 O.J. No. L81 of 27.03.2009, p.3

14 O.J. No. L239 of 10.09.2009, p.5

15 O.J. No. L290 of 06.11.2009, p.7

16 O.J. No. L301 of 17.11.2009, p.6

17 O.J. No. L94 of 15.04.2010, p.1

18 O.J. No. L129 of 28.05.2010, p.3

19 O.J. No. L220 of 21.08.2010, p.1

20 O.J. No. L266 of 09.10.2010, p.10

21 O.J. No. L86 of 01.04.2011, p.1

22 O.J. No. L137 of 25.05.2011, p.3

23 O.J. No. L140 of 27.05.2011, p.2

24 O.J. No. L142 of 28.05.2011, p.1

25 O.J. No. L152 of 11.06.2011, p.1

26 O.J. No. L208 of 13.08.2011, p.1

27 O.J. No. L208 of 13.08.2011, p.23

28 O.J. No. L258 of 04.10.2011, p.12

29 O.J. No. L89 of 27.03.2012, p.5

30 O.J. No. L105 of 17.04.2012, p.1

31 O.J. No. L135 of 25.05.2012, p.4

32 O.J. No. L144 of 05.06.2012, p.25

33 O.J. No. L166 of 27.06.2012, p.67

34 O.J. No. L176 of 06.07.2012, p.1

35 O.J. No. L273 of 06.10.2012, p.1

36 O.J. No. L266 of 02.10.2012, p.1

37 O.J. No. L25 of 26.01.2013, p.1

38 O.J. No. L68 of 12.03.2013, p.30

39 O.J. No. L75 of 19.03.2013, p.1

40 O.J. No. L88 of 27.03.2013, p.1

41 O.J. No. L96 of 05.04.2013, p.1

42 O.J. No. L151 of 04.06.2013, p.1

43 O.J. No. L192 of 13.07.2013, p.39

44 O.J. No. L64 of 07.03.2015, p.46

45 O.J. No. L217 of 13.08.2013, p.1

46 O.J. No. L221 of 17.08.2013, p.1

47 O.J. No. L233 of 31.08.2013, p.11

48 O.J. No. L279 of 19.10.2013, p.10

49 O.J. No. L307 of 16.11.2013, p.1

50 O.J. No. L339 of 17.12.2013, p.1

51 O.J. No. L17 of 21.01.2014, p.1

52 O.J. No. L16 of 21.01.2014, p.13

53 O.J. No. L22 of 25.01.2014, p.1

54 O.J. No. L27 of 30.01.2014, p.9

55 O.J. No. L35 of 05.02.2014, p.1

56 O.J. No. L87 of 22.03.2014, p.49

57 O.J. No. L93 of 28.03.2014, p.28

58 O.J. No. L112 of 15.04.2014, p.1

59 O.J. No. L119 of 23.04.2014, p.3

60 O.J. No. L146 of 16.05.2014, p.1

61 O.J. No. L171 of 11.06.2014, p.1

62 O.J. No. L186 of 26.06.2014, p.1

63 O.J. No. L202 of 10.07.2014, p.1

64 O.J. No. L208 of 15.07.2014, p.1

65 O.J. No. L279 of 23.09.2014, p.1

66 O.J. No. L300 of 18.10.2014, p.5

67 O.J. No. L304 of 23.10.2014, p.43

68 O.J. No. L305 of 24.10.2014, p.3

69 O.J. No. L305 of 24.10.2014, p.47

70 O.J. No. L308 of 29.10.2014, p.3

71 O.J. No. L94 of 10.04.2015, p.8