STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 459 of 1999.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.

S.I. No. 459 of 1999.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (CEREALS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1999.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 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 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988² , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993³ , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994⁴ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁵ , Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996⁶ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁷ , Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December, 1997⁸ , Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October, 1998⁹ , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June, 1999¹⁰ , and Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July, 1999¹¹ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 2000.

2. In these Regulations--

“the Principal Regulations” means the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 181 of 1999 ).

“the Directive” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ as amended by Council Directive 88/298/EEC of 16 May 1988² , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993³ , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994⁴ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁵ , Council Directive 96/33/EC of 21 May 1996⁶ , Council Directive 97/41/EC of 25 June 1997⁷ , Commission Directive 97/71/EC of 15 December, 1997⁸ , Commission Directive 98/82/EC of 27 October, 1998⁹ , Commission Directive 1999/65/EC of 24 June, 1999¹⁰ , and Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July, 1999¹¹ ;

3. Annex II of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows:

(a) by the addition of the following entry to Annex II:

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(b) by the addition of the following entry to the footnotes in Annex II:

“(p) The maximum residue level for azoxystrobin is fixed for a provisional period of four years, up to 1 February 2004, after which it shall cease to be provisional and become definitive.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

These Regulations insert an additional pesticide residue “Azoxystrobin” to Annex II and also a provisional maximum residue level for this substance.

¹ O.J. No. L221/37 of 7/8/1986

² O.J. No. L126/53 of 20/5/1988

³ O.J. No. L211/1 of 23/8/1993

⁴ O.J. No. L189/67 of 23/7/1994

⁵ O.J. No. L197/29 of 22/8/1995

⁶ O.J. No. L144/35 of 18/6/1996

⁷ O.J. No. L184/33 of 12/7/1997

⁸ O.J. No. L347/42 of 18/12/1997

⁹ O.J. No. L290/25 of 29/10/1998

¹⁰ O.J. No. L172/40 of 8/7/1999

¹¹ O.J. No. L194/36 of 27/7/1999

¹ O.J. No. L221/37 of 7/8/1986

² O.J. No. L126/53 of 20/5/1988

³ O.J. No. L211/1 of 23/8/1993

⁴ O.J. No. L189/67 of 23/7/1994

⁵ O.J. No. L197/29 of 22/8/1995

⁶ O.J. No. L144/35 of 18/6/1996

⁷ O.J. No. L184/33 of 12/7/1997

⁸ O.J. No. L347/42 of 18/12/1997

⁹ O.J. No. L290/25 of 29/10/1998

¹⁰ O.J. No. L172/40 of 8/7/1999

¹¹ O.J. No. L194/36 of 27/7/1999

* Indicates lower limit of analytical determination”