S.I. No. 535/2002 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, Including Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002


I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 90/642/EEC of 27 November 19901 as amended by Council Directive 93/58/EEC of 29 June 19932 , and the corrigenda to Council Directive 93/58/EEC3 , Council Directive 94/30/EC of 23 June 19944 , Council Directive 95/38/EC of 17 July 19955 and the corrigenda to Council Directive 95/38/EC6 , Council Directive 95/61/EC of 29 November 19957 , Council Directive 96/32/EC of 21 May 19968 , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 19979 Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December 199710 Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October 199811 , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June 199912 , Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 199913 , Commission Directive 2000/24/EC of 28 April 200014 , Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200015 and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2000/42/EC of 22 June 200016 Commission Directive 2000/48/EC of 25 July 200017 , Commission Directive 2000/57/EC of 22 September 200018 , Commission Directive 2000/58/EC of 22 September 200019 , Commission Directive 2000/81/EC of 18 December 200020 Commission Directive 2000/82/EC of 20 December 200021 , Commission Directive 2001/35/EC of 11 May 200122 , Commission Directive 2001/39/EC of 23 May 200123 Commission Directive 2001/48/EC of 28 June 200124 , Commission Directive 2001/57/EC of 25 July 200125 , Commission Directive 2002/5/EC of 30 January 200226 , Commission Directive 2002/23/EC of 26 February 200227 , Commission Directive 2002/42/EC of 17 May 200228 and the corrigenda to Commission Directive 2002/42/EC of 17 May 200229 , Commission Directive 2002/66/EC of 16 July 200230 Commission Directive 2002/71/EC of 19 August 200231, Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 6 September 200232 and Commission Directive 2002/76/EC of 2 October 200233 hereby make the following Regulations:

1.   (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

(2)    These Regulations shall come into operation in respect of Lindane, Quintozene and Permethrin on 1 December 2002, in respect of ethion in tea on 31 December 2002, in respect of Bentazone, Pyridate and Metsulfuron-methyl, Oxydemeton-methyl Dimethoate and Formothion on 1 January 2003, in respect of Parathion on 1 May 2003 and in respect of abamectin, azocyclotin and cyhexatin, bifenthrin bitertanol, bromopropylate, clofentezine, cyromazine, fenpropimorph flucytrinate, hexaconazole, methacrifos, myclobutanil, pencanzole prochloraz, profenofos, Resmethrin, Tridemorph, and triadimefon and triadimenol on 1 August 2003.

2.         First Schedule, Part 2, Annex II of the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 179 of 1999 ) is replaced by Schedule one to these Regulations.

Given under my Official Seal,

November 2002

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Joe Walsh

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

Explanatory Note

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

These Regulations amend existing regulations on the maximum residue levels for pesticide residues in and on products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables.

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