Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th August, 2016.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving full effect to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 588/2014 of 2 June 2014² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/143 of 18 January 2016³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/156 of 18 January 2016⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/439 of 23 March 2016⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/440 of 23 March 2016⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/452 of 29 March 2016⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/486 of 29 March 2016⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/567 of 6 April 2016⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/805 of 20 May 2016¹⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1002 of 17 June 2016¹¹ and Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1003 of 17 June 2016¹² hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016.

2. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 565 of 2008 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “Pesticide MRL Regulation”, (as amended by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 67 of 2016 )), the following—

“‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005¹³ as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/2006 of 1 February 2006¹⁴ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 149/2008 of 29 January 200815, Regulation (EC) No 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008¹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/2008 of 18 March 2008¹⁷ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 839/2008 of 31 July 2008¹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 256/2009 of 23 March 2009¹⁹ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 822/2009 of 27 August 2009²⁰ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 2009²¹ , Commission Regulation (EC) No 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009²² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 304/2010 of 9 April 2010²³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2010 of 27 May 2010²⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 750/2010 of 7 July 2010²⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 893/2010 of 8 October 2010²⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 310/2011 of 28 March 2011²⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 508/2011 of 24 May 2011²⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 520/2011 of 25 May 2011²⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 524/2011 of 26 May 2011³⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 559/2011 of 7 June 2011³¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 812/2011 of 10 August 2011³² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2011 of 11 August 2011³³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 978/2011 of 3 October 2011³⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 270/2012 of 26 March 2012³⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 322/2012 of 16 April 2012³⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 441/2012 of 24 May 2012³⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 473/2012 of 4 June 2012³⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 556/2012 of 26 June 2012³⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 592/2012 of 4 July 2012⁴⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 899/2012 of 21 September 2012⁴¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 897/2012 of 1 October 2012⁴² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 34/2013 of 16 January 2013⁴³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 212/2013 of 11 March 2013⁴⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2013 of 14 March 2013⁴⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 251/2013 of 22 March 2013⁴⁶ ,Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of 20 March 2013⁴⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 500/2013 of 30 May 2013⁴⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 668/2013 of 12 July 2013⁴⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 772/2013 of 8 August 2013⁵⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 777/2013 of 12 August 2013⁵¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 834/2013 of 30 August 2013⁵² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1004/2013 of 15 October 2013⁵³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1138/2013 of 8 November 2013⁵⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1317/2013 of 16 December 2013⁵⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2014 of 16 January 2014⁵⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2014 of 20 January 2014⁵⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014⁵⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 79/2014 of 29 January 2014⁵⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 87/2014 of 31 January 2014⁶⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 289/2014 of 21 March 2014⁶¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 318/2014 of 27 March 2014⁶² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 364/2014 of 4 April 2014⁶³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 2014⁶⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 491/2014 of 5 May 2014⁶⁵ , Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) No 588/2014 of 2 June 2014, Commission Regulation (EU) 617/2014 of 3 June 2014⁶⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 703/2014 of 19 June 2014⁶⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2014 of 24 June 2014⁶⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 752/2014 of 24 June 2014⁶⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 991/2014 of 19 September 2014⁷⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1096/2014 of 15 October 2014⁷¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1119/2014 of 16 October 2014⁷² , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1126/2014 of 17 October 2014⁷³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1127/2014 of 20 October 2014⁷⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No 1146/2014 of 23 October 201475, Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/165 of 3 February 2015⁷⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/399 of 25 February 2015⁷⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/400 of 25 February 2015⁷⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/401 of 25 February 2015⁷⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/552 of 7 April 2015⁸⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/603 of 13 April 2015⁸¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/845 of 27 May 2015⁸² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/846 of 28 May 2015⁸³ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/868 of 26 May 2015⁸⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/896 of 11 June 2015⁸⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1040 of 30 June 2015⁸⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1101 of 8 July 2015⁸⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1200 of 22 July 2015⁸⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1608 of 24 September 2015⁸⁹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1910 of 21 October 2015⁹⁰ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2075 of 18 November 2015⁹¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1 of 3 December 2015⁹² , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/46 of 18 January 2016⁹³ , (from 9 August 2016) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/53 of 20 January 2016⁹⁴ , (from 10 August 2016) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/60 of 19 January 2016⁹⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/67 of 19 January 2016⁹⁶ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/75 of 21 January 2016⁹⁷ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/71 of 26 January 2016⁹⁸ , Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/143 of 18 January 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/156 of 18 January 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/439 of 23 March 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/440 of 23 March 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/452 of 29 March 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/486 of 29 March 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/567 of 6 April 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/805 of 20 May 2016, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1002 of 17 June 2016 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1003 of 17 June 2016;”.

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 67 of 2016 ) are revoked.

Given under my Official Seal,

22 August 2016.

MICHAEL CREED,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the maximum residue levels (MRL) for certain plant protection products permissible in food and feed as provided for under Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

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