S.I. No. 189/1994:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PESTICIDE RESIDUES) (FRUIT AND VEGETABLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry 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 93/58/EEC of 29th June, 1993⁽¹⁾, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations 1994.

(2) The European Communities (Pesticide Residue) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1989, and these Regulations may be cited together as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1989 to 1994 and shall be construed together as one.

2. In Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1989, the definition "Annex II" is amended by the deletion of the word "and" where it occurs in that definition and by inserting at the end of the definition the words "and Council Directive 93/58/EEC of 29th June, 1993⁽⁸⁾. "A footnote is added in the form "⁽⁸⁾O.J. No. L. 211/6 of 23rd August, 1993".

¹ O.J. No. L 211/6 of 23-8-1993.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of June, 1994.

JOE WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and

Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulations make technical amendments to residue controls in the light of up-to-date scientific knowledge.