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These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001; they extend to England and Wales only, and shall come into force on 15th April 2001.
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(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feedingstuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999  shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) After paragraph (2) of regulation 4 there shall be inserted—“
(2A) Where there is a changing date at the top of a column in Part 2 of Schedule 2, and an entry is shown in both italic and non-italic type, the figure in italic type is the level until the changing date, and the figure in non-italic type is the level on and after that date.”.
(3) In Schedule 1 there shall be inserted at the appropriate place in columns 1 and 2 the following:
Column 1 Column 2
Pesticide Residues
Aldicarb sum of aldicarb, its sulfoxide and its sulfone, expressed as aldicarb
Aminotriazole (Amitrole) aminotriazole
Amitraz amitraz plus its metabolites containing 2,4-dimethylaniline, expressed as amitraz
Aramite aramite
Azoxystrobin azoxystrobin
Barban barban
Bromopropylate bromopropylate
Chlorbenside chlorbenside
Chlorbufam chlorbufam
Chlorfenson chlorfenson
Chloroxuron chloroxuron
Diallate diallate
1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (4-ethyl-phenyl-) ethane 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis (4-ethyl-phenyl-) ethane
Fenvalarate and esfenvalerate fenvalerate and esfenvalerate (sum of isomers)
Flucythrinate sum of isomers
Folpet folpet
Kresoxim-methyl kresoxim-methyl (for plants)
  2-methyloxyimino-2[2-(O-tolyloxymethyl) phenyl] acetic acid (for meat, liver, fat and 2-[2-(4-hydroxy-2-methylphenoxymethyl) phenyl]-2-methoxy-iminoacetic acid (for milk)
Methidathion methidathion
Methomyl thiodicarb sum of methomyl and thiodicarb expressed as methomyl
Methoxychlor methoxychlor
Phoxim phoxim
Profenophos profenophos
(4) In Part I of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, the entry for the pesticide in column 1 of the following table shall be deleted in relation to the crop opposite in column 2 on the date specified in column 3:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Pesticide Crop Date of deletion
Carbendazim strawberries (other than wild) 1 July 2001
  raspberries (other than wild) 1 April 2001
Chlorobenzilate Citrus fruit (the whole group) 1 April 2001
Diazinon early and ware potatoes 1 July 2001
Dicofol apricots 1 July 2001
  peaches (incl nectarines and similar hybrids)  
  plums  
  currants (other than wild) (red, black and white)  
  garlic  
  cultivated mushrooms  
Endosulfan strawberries (other than wild) 1 July 2001
  blackberries (other than wild)  
  currants (other than wild) (red, black and white)  
  gooseberries (other than wild)  
  early and ware potatoes  
Metalaxyl citrus (whole group) 1 July 2001
Thiabendazole early potatoes 1 July 2001
Triazophos garlic/onions and shallots 1 July 2001
  brussels sprouts  
  head cabbage  
  early and ware potatoes  
Vinclozolin celery 1 April 2001
(5) For Part 2 of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Regulations.
(6) In Schedule 3—
(a) in paragraph 1(vi) opposite the Group of products “Miscellaneous fruit" there shall be inserted “Papaya" in the appropriate place in column 2;
(b) in paragraph 2(iii) opposite the Group of products “Fruiting vegetables" in “(a) Solanacea" there shall be inserted “Chilli peppers" between Peppers and Aubergines in column 2.
 Helen Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
21st March 2001 Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales
15th March 2001
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(5)










