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Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1483

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 1483

AGRICULTURE
PESTICIDES

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1995

Made18th May 1995
Laid before Parliament9th June 1995
Coming into force30th June 1995

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations.
    Title and commencement
        1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 30th June 1995.
    Meaning of "the principal Regulations"
        2.    In these Regulations the expression "the principal Regulations" means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994[3] .
    Amendment of the principal Regulations
        3.    The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.
        4.    In paragraph (4) of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations for the words "Section 19" there shall be substituted the words "Sections 19 and 22" .
        5.    The pesticides stated in column 1 of Schedule 1 hereto shall be inserted in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions and, in relation to each such pesticide, there shall be entered in column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations the residues stated in column 2 of Schedule 1 hereto opposite that pesticide.
        6.    In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations the four maximum levels of 1 milligramme of Metalaxyl per kilogramme of product specified for the products Apples, Pears, Quinces and Other Pome Fruits shall be deleted.
        7.    In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations the maximum level of 0.02* milligrammes of Iprodione per kilogramme of product specified for the product Lemons shall be deleted and the maximum level of 0.02* milligrammes of Iprodione per kilogramme of product shall be inserted for the product Grapefruit.
        8.    In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations the maximum level of 0.05* milligrammes of Cypermethrin per kilogramme of product specified for the product Spring onions and the maximum level of 0.05* milligrammes of Deltamethrin per kilogramme of product specified for the product Figs shall be deleted.
        9.    In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 hereto together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 2 hereto.
    Extent
        10.    These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.



Angela Browning

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

18th May 1995

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office

18th May 1995




Notes:

[1] S.I. 1972/1811.

[2] 1972 c. 68.

[3] S.I. 1994/1985.

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