The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 17th November 2007, except for—

(a) regulation 5, which comes into force on 27th November 2007;

(b) regulation 6, which comes into force on 28th December 2007; and

(c) regulation 7, which comes into force on 21st January 2008.

Revocation

2.  Regulation 10 of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007(1) is revoked.

Amendments

3.  The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005(2) are amended in accordance with these Regulations.

Amendments coming into force on 17th November 2007

4.—(1) In Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries for the pesticides 1-methylcyclopropene, Etoxazole, Indoxacarb, MCPA and MCPB, Mesosulfuron-methyl, Tolylfluanid and Triticonazole set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(2) In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels)—

(a) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the columns and corresponding entries relating to the pesticides 1-methylcyclopropene, Etoxazole, Indoxacarb, MCPA and MCPB, Mesosulfuron-methyl, Tolylfluanid and Triticonazole set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(b) at the end, add as footnotes 50, 51 and 52 the footnotes numbered (50), (51) and (52) set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(c) for the entries in the column relating to the pesticide Penconazole, substitute the entries in the column relating to that pesticide in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(3) In Schedule 3, in paragraph 2(v)(a) (lettuce and similar) in column 2, after the words “Leaves and stems of brassica”, insert “, including turnip greens”.

Amendments coming into force on 27th November 2007

5.—(1) In Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), for the entry for the pesticide Maleic hydrazide, substitute the entry for Maleic hydrazide set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(2) In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels)—

(a) for the columns headed “Maleic-hydrazide (until 4 December 2006)” and “Maleic-hydrazide (from 4 December 2006)” and the corresponding entries in those columns, substitute the column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations headed “Maleic hydrazide” and the corresponding entries in that column;

(b) for the entries in the columns related to the pesticides Azoxystrobin, Chlorfenapyr, Folpet, Iprodione, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Metalaxyl and Trifloxystrobin, substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Amendment coming into force on 28th December 2007

6.  In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the entries in the column relating to the pesticide Diazinon, substitute the entries for that pesticide in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Amendment coming into force on 21st January 2008

7.  In Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the column headed “Phenmedipham: Applying from 16 August 2007”, substitute the column headed “Phenmedipham” set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Phil Woolas

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

16th October 2007

Elin Jones

Minister for Rural Affairs one of the Welsh Ministers

17th October 2007