AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, interpretation and commencement 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. Amendment to the Principal Regulations 2 The Principal Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6. The Residues Directives 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. . Amendments coming into force on 27th April 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. Amendments coming into force on 10th May 2006 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. Amendments coming into force on 21st April 2007 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 2006 Bach Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Date 27th March 2006