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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 435

AGRICULTURE

PESTICIDES

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2001

Made

21st November 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

26th November 2001

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:

Marginal Citations

M11972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15. The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

Citation and commencementS

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2001.

(2) Other than as provided for in paragraph (3) below, these Regulations shall come into force on 1st January 2002.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 2(4)(b) and (c) below, these Regulations shall come into force on 1st March 2002.

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

2.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 M2 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the Residues Directives” there is substituted the definition in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 maximum residue levels are substituted as follows–

(a)for mg/kg of iprodione on spring onions delete “5” and insert “ 3 ”;

(b)for mg/kg of spiroxamine on meat, fat & preparations of meat delete “0.2"37"” and insert “ 0.2"37""39"; and

(c)for mg/kg of spiroxamine on milk & dairy produce delete “0.02"37""39"” and insert “ 0.02"37".

(4) In Part 2 of Schedule 2–

(a)there are inserted, in the appropriate places to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides azimsulfuron and prohexadione and its salts expressed as prohexadione, specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations in relation to the products so specified;

(b)there are inserted, in the appropriate places to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticide fluroxypyr and its esters expressed as fluroxypyr, specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations in relation to the products so specified; and

(c)for the existing maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides azoxystrobin and kresoxim methyl there are substituted the maximum permitted levels for residues of those pesticides, specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations in relation to the products so specified.

Marginal Citations

M2S.S.I. 2000/22 as amended by S.S.I. 2001/84 and 221.

Consequential AmendmentS

3.  Regulation 2(2) of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001 M3 is omitted.

Marginal Citations

ROSS FINNIE

A member of the Scottish Executive

Edinburgh

21st November 2001

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 1S DEFINITION OF RESIDUE DIRECTIVES

“the Residues Directives” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC M4 (as amended by Council Directives 88/298/EEC M5, 90/654/EEC M6, 93/57/EEC M7, 94/29/EC M8, 95/39/EC M9, 96/33/EC M10, 97/41/EC M11 and Commission Directives 97/71/EC M12, 98/82/EC M13, 1999/65/EC M14, 1999/71/EC M15, 2000/24/EC M16, 2000/42/EC M17, 2000/48/EC M18, 2000/58/EC M19, 2000/81/EC M20, 2000/82/EC M21, 2001/39/EC M22, 2001/48/EC M23, 2001/57/EC M24,), together with Council Directive 86/363/EEC M25 (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/EC, 2000/42/EC, 2000/81/EC, 2000/82/EC, 2001/39/EC and 2001/57/EC) and Council Directive 90/642/EEC M26 (as amended by Council Directives 93/58/EEC M27, 94/30/EC M28, 95/38/EC M29, 95/61/EC M30, 96/32/EC M31, 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 M32, 2000/58/EC, 2000/81/EC, 2000/82/EC, 2001/35/EC M33, 2001/39/EC, 2001/48/EC and 2001/57/EC)..

Marginal Citations

M4O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.37.

M5O.J. No. L 126, 20.5.88, p.53.

M6O.J. No. L 353, 17.12.90, p.48.

M7O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.1.

M8O.J, No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.67.

M9O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.29.

M10O.J. No L 144, 18.6.96, p.35.

M11O.J. No. L 184, 12.7.97, p.33.

M12O.J. No. L 347, 18.12.97, p.42.

M13O.J. No. L 290, 29,10,98, p.25.

M14O.J. No. L 172, 8.7.99, p.40.

M15O.J. No. L 194, 27.7.99, p.36.

M16O.J. No. L 107, 4.5.00, p.28.

M17O.J. No. L 158, 30.6.00, p.51.

M18O.J. No. L 197, 3.8.00, p.26.

M19O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.78.

M20O.J. No. L 326, 22.12.00, p.56.

M21O.J. No. L 3, 6.1.01, p.18.

M22O.J. No. L 148, 1.6.01, p.70.

M23O.J. No. L 180, 3.7.01, p.26.

M24O.J. No. L 208, 1.8.2001, p.36.

M25O.J. No. L 221, 7.8.86, p.43.

M26O.J. No. L 350, 14.12.90, p.71.

M27O.J. No. L 211, 23.8.93, p.6.

M28O.J. No. L 189, 23.7.94, p.70.

M29O.J. No. L 197, 22.8.95, p.14.

M30O.J. No. L 292, 7.12.95, p.27.

M31O.J. No. L 144, 18.6.96, p.12.

M32O.J. No. L 244, 29.9.00, p.76.

M33O.J. No. L 136, 18.5.01, p.42.

Regulation 2(4)

SCHEDULE 2S

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, further amend the provisions of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (“the principal Regulations”).

The Regulations update the definition of “Residue Directives” in the principal Regulations to incorporate–

(a)  Commission Directive 2001/39/EC (O.J. No. L 148, 1.6.01, p.70);S

(b)  Commission Directive 2001/48/EC (O.J. No. L 180, 3.7.01, p.26); andS

(c)  Commission Directive 2001/57/EC (O.J. No. L 208, 1.8.01, p.36) (regulation 2 (2) and Schedule 1).S

The maximum level for iprodione on spring onions is amended to reflect Commission Directive 1998/82/EC and the maximum level for spiroxamine on liver and kidney is amended to reflect Commission Directive 2000/81/EC (regulation 2(3)).

The Regulations specify maximum levels of pesticide residues which crops, food and feeding stuffs may contain in implementation of Commission Directives 2001/39/EC, 2001/48/EC, 2001/57/EC (regulation 2 (4) and Schedule 2).

The Regulations make a consequential amendment (regulation 3).