AGRICULTURE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003. Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 2 1 The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 are amended in accordance with this regulation. 2 In Schedule 1 , with effect from 1st July 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:– Column 1 Column 2 Pesticide Residues Thifensulfuron methyl Thifensulfuron methyl Triasulfuron Triasulfuron 2,4-D 1 For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables – 2,4-D (sum of 2,4-D and its esters) expressed as 2,4-D 2 For products of animal origin – 2,4-D 3 In Schedule 1, with effect from 1st August 2003, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:– Column 1 Column 2 Pesticide Residues Abamectin Abamectin (sum of avermectin B1a, avermectin B1b and delta 8,9 isomer of avermectin B1a) Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin Azocyclotin and Cyhexatin (sum of azocyclotin and cyhexatin expressed as cyhexatin) Bifenthrin Bifenthrin Bitertanol Bitertanol Bromopropylate Bromopropylate Clofentezine Clofentezine (sum of all compounds containing the 2 – chlorobenzoyl moiety expressed as clofentezine) Cyromazine Cyromazine Fenpropimorph 1 For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables – fenpropimorph 2 For products of animal origin – fenpropimorph carboxylic acid (BF 421-2) expressed as fenpropimorph Flucythrinate Flucythrinate (expressed as flucythrinate, sum of isomers) Hexaconazole Hexaconazole Myclobutanil 1 For cereals, fruit and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetable – myclobutanil 2 For products of animal origin – Alpha-(3 hyroxybutyl) – alpha-(4-chlore-phenyl) – 1H – 1, 2, 4 – triazole –1 – propanenitrile (RH 9090) expressed as myclobutanil Penconazole Penconazole Prochloraz Prochloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 2, 4, 6 – Trichlorophenol moiety expressed as prochloraz) Profenofos Profenofos Resmethrin Resmethrin, including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers) Tridemorph Tridemorph Triadimefon and Triadimenol Triadimefon and Triadimenol (sum of triadimefon and triadimenol) 4 In Part 1 of Schedule 2, with effect from 1st August 2003, the entry relating to Bitertanol together with all residue levels relevant thereto is omitted. 5 For Part 2 of Schedule 2 , there is substituted the Part set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations. 6 For Schedule 5 , there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Consequential amendments 3 Regulation 2(6) and (7) of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 are hereby revoked. ROSS FINNIE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th February 2003