Amendment of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1) shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

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

“the Residue Directives” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC(2) (as amended by Council Directives 88/298/EEC(3), 90/654/EEC(4), 93/57/EEC(5), 94/29/EC(6), 95/39/EC(7), 96/33/EC(8), 97/41/EC(9) and Commission Directives 97/71/EC(10), 98/82/EC(11), 1999/65/EC(12), 1999/71/EC(13), 2000/24(14), 2000/42/EC(15), 2000/48/EC(16), 2000/58/EC(17), 2000/81/EC(18) and 2000/82/EC(19)), together with Council Directive 86/363/EEC(20) (as amended by Council Directives 93/57/EEC, 94/29/EC, 95/39/EC, 96/33/EC, 97/41/EC and Commission Directives 97/71/EC, 98/82/EC, 1999/71/EC, 2000/24, 2000/42/EC, 2000/58/EC, 2000/81/EC and 2000/82/EC) and Council Directive 90/642/EEC(21) (as amended by Council Directives 93/58/EEC(22), 94/30/EC(23), 95/38/EC(24), 95/61/EC(25), 96/32/EC(26), 97/41/EC and Commission Directives 97/71/EC, 98/82/EC, 1999/65/EC, 1999/71/EC, 2000/24, 2000/42/EC, 2000/48/EC, 2000/57/EC(27), 2000/58/EC, 2000/81/EC 2000/82/EC and 2001/35/EC(28)).

(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 1Column 2
PesticideResidues
Azinphos-ethylAzinphos-ethyl
ChlozolinateChlozolinate
DinoterbDinoterb
DNOCDNOC
MonolinuronMonolinuron
ProphamPropham
PyrazophosPyrazophos
SpiroxamineSpiroxamine
TecnazeneTecnazene

(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..

(2)

O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.37.

(3)

O.J. No. L 126, 20.5.88, p.53.

(4)

O.J. No. L 353, 17.12.90, p.48.

(5)

O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.1.

(6)

O.J. No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.67.

(7)

O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.29.

(8)

O.J. No. L 144, 18.6.96, p.35.

(9)

O.J. No. L 184, 12.7.97, p.33.

(10)

O.J. No. L 347, 18.12.97, p.42.

(11)

O.J. No. L 290, 29.10.98, p.25.

(12)

O.J. No. L 172, 8.7.99, p.40.

(13)

O.J. No. L 194, 27.7.99, p.36.

(14)

O.J. No. L 107, 4.5.00, p.28.

(15)

O.J. No. L 158, 30.6.00, p.51.

(16)

O.J. No. L 197, 3.8.00, p.26.

(17)

O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.78.

(18)

O.J. No. L 326, 22.12.00, p.56.

(19)

O.J. No. L 3, 6.1.01, p.18.

(20)

O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.43.

(21)

O.J. No. L 350, 14.12.90, p.71.

(22)

O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.6.

(23)

O.J. No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.70.

(24)

O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.14.

(25)

O.J. No. L 292, 7.12.95, p.27.

(26)

O.J. No. L 144, 18.6.96, p.12.

(27)

O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.76.

(28)

O.J. No. L 136, 18.5.01, p.42.