Amendment of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 20002

1

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 20002 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

2

In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the Residue Directives” there shall be substituted–

3

In Schedule 1, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order in column 1, there shall be inserted, together with the corresponding entry in column 2 as follows:–

Column 1

Column 2

Pesticide

Residues

Azinphos-ethyl

Azinphos-ethyl

Chlozolinate

Chlozolinate

Dinoterb

Dinoterb

DNOC

DNOC

Monolinuron

Monolinuron

Propham

Propham

Pyrazophos

Pyrazophos

Spiroxamine

Spiroxamine

Tecnazene

Tecnazene

4

On 1st July 2003, the entry for the pesticide Tecnazene, in relation to lettuce, shall be omitted from Part 1 of Schedule 2.

5

In each column of Part 2 of Schedule 2 where the expression “(changing 1st July 2001)” appears at the top, that expression shall be omitted and so shall each entry in italic type to which it refers.

6

In Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be inserted in the appropriate places to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, in relation to the products so specified.

7

In Part 2 of Schedule 2 the maximum residue levels shall be substituted as follows:–

a

for mg/kg of chlormequat–

i

on pears delete “0.05*” and insert “0.5”;

ii

on both olives (table consumption) and olives (oil extract) delete “0.05*” and insert “0.1*”; and

iii

on cultivated mushrooms delete “0.05*” and insert “10”;

b

for mg/kg of chlorothalonil–

i

on blackberries delete “0.01*” and insert “10”; and

ii

on bananas delete “2” and insert “0.2”;

c

for mg/kg of dicofol–

i

on table grapes delete “0.02*” and insert “2”; and

ii

on tomatoes delete “0.02*” and insert “1”;

d

for mg/kg of diphenylamine–

i

on apples delete “0.05*” and insert “5”; and

ii

on pears delete “0.05*” and insert “10”; and

e

for mg/kg of endosulfan on peppers delete “0.05*” and insert “1”.

8

In the footnotes at the end of Part 2 of Schedule 2 the following shall be added–

37

The residue definition for this MRL is: Spiroxamine carboxylic acid expressed as spiroxamine.

38

Scarole includes broad-leaf endive.

39

Liver and kidney.