
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.
(2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), these Regulations shall come into force on 27th April 2006.
(4) Regulation 5 shall come into force on 10th May 2006.
(5) Regulation 6 shall come into force on 21st April 2007.
2 
The Principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
3 
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “the Residues Directives” substitute the following definition—“
 “the Residues Directives” means Directive 76/895, Directive 86/362, Directive 86/363 and Directive 90/642, in each case as amended at the date of the making of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.”.
4 
Schedules 2 and 3 of the Principal Regulations are amended as follows—
(a) in Schedule 2 (maximum residue levels), for the entries in the columns relating to the pesticides Ethofumesate, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Methomyl thiodicarb, Pymetrozine and Thiabendazole substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
(b) in Schedule 3—
(i) in paragraph 2(i) (root and tuber vegetables), in column 2, beneath “Carrots” insert “Cassava”; and
(ii) after paragraph 9 (foodstuffs of animal origin) insert the entry set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
5 
Schedules 1 and 2 of the Principal Regulations are amended as follows—
(a) in Schedule 1 (pesticide residues), for the entry for Metalaxyl, substitute the entry for Metalaxyl set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
(b) in Schedule 2, for the entries in the columns relating to Azoxystrobin, Bifenthrin, Cyromazine, Kresoxim-methyl and Metalaxyl, substitute the entries in the columns relating to those pesticides set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
6 
Schedules 1 and 2 of the Principal Regulations are further amended as follows—
(a) in Schedule 1—
(i) for the entry for Glyphosate, substitute the two entries for Glyphosate set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
(ii) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries for the pesticides Bromoxynil, Chlorpropham, Dimethenamid-P, Flazasulfuron, Flurtamone, Ioxynil, Mepanipyrim, Propoxycarbazone, Pyraclostrobin, Quinoxyfen and Zoxamide set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations; and
(b) in Schedule 2—
(i) for the column relating to Glyphosate substitute the two columns relating to Glyphosate set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(ii) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence, insert the entries in the columns relating to the pesticides Bromoxynil, Chlorpropham, Dimethenamid-P, Flazasulfuron, Flurtamone, Ioxynil, Mepanipyrim, Propoxycarbazone, Pyraclostrobin, Quinoxyfen and Zoxamide set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
(iii) at the end, insert the footnotes set out at the end of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
D Elis-Thomas
Presiding Officer National Assembly for Wales
Date 21st March 2006Bach
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Date 27th March 2006
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 4(a), 5(b) and 6(b)

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 4(b)(ii)


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Group of products Products included in the groups Part of product to which maximum residue levels apply
10. Spices Cumin seedJuniper berriesNutmegPepper, black and whiteVanilla podsOthers Whole product
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 5(a) and 6(a)


Column 1 Column 2
Pesticide Residue
Bromoxynil bromoxynil including its esters expressed as bromoxynil
Chlorpropham 
(1) for products of plant origin: except potatoes: chlorpropham and the 3-chloroaniline, expressed as chlorpropham potatoes: chlorpropham
(2) for foodstuffs of animal origin: chlorpropham and 4'-hydroxychlorpropham-0-sulphonic acid (4-HSA), expressed as chlorpropham
Dimethenamid-P dimethenamid-P including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)
Flazasulfuron flazasulfuron
Flurtamone flurtamone
Glyphosate (except trimesium salt) glyphosate
Glyphosate (as trimesium salt) trimethylsulfonium cation resulting from the use of glyphosate
Ioxynil ioxynil including its esters expressed as ioxynil
Mepanipyrim mepanipyrim and its metabolite (2-anilino-4-(2-hydroxy-propyl)-6-methylpyrimidine) expressed as mepanipyrim
Metalaxyl 
(1) for products of plant origin: metalaxyl including other mixtures of constituent isomers including metalaxyl M (sum of isomers)
(2) for foodstuffs of animal origin: metalaxyl
Propoxycarbazone propoxycarbazone, its salts and 2-hydroxypropoxy-propoxycarbazone, calculated as propoxycarbazone
Pyraclostrobin pyraclostrobin
Quinoxyfen quinoxyfen
Zoxamide zoxamide