S.I. No. 460/1999 - European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (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 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ , Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993² , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994³ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁴ , and the corrigenda to Council Directive 95/39/EC⁵ , 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 and Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July 1999¹⁰ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) (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) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 180 of 1999 ).

“the Directive” means Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986¹ , as amended by Council Directive 93/57/EEC of 29 June 1993² , Council Directive 94/29/EC of 23 June 1994³ , Council Directive 95/39/EC of 17 July 1995⁴ , and the corrigenda to Council Directive 95/39/EC⁵ , 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 and Commission Directive 1999/71/EC of 14 July, 1999¹⁰ ;

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

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

	Maximum levels in mg/kg (ppm)
Pesticide residues	Of meat, including Fat, preparations of Meat, offals and animal fats listed in Annex I under heading Nos. ex 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205 00 00 0206, 0207, ex 0208, 0209 00, 0210, 1601 00 and 1602	for milk and milk products listed in Annex I under heading Nos. 0401, 0402, 0405 00, and 0406	of shelled fresh eggs, for birds' eggs and egg yokes listed in Annex I under Heading Nos. 0407 00 and 0408
37. AZOXYSTROBIN	0.05*	0.01*	0.05*

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

	GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of December, 1999.
	JOE WALSH
	Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

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. L221/43 of 7/8/1986

² O.J. No. L211/1 of 23/8/1993

³ O.J. No. L189/67 of 23/7/1994

⁴ O.J. No. L197/29 of 22/8/1995

⁵ O.J. No. L164/23 of 3/7/1996

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. L194/36 of 27/7/1999