Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st May, 2013.

I, SIMON COVENEY, 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 Commission Regulation (EU) No. 899/2012 of 21 September 2012¹ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 34/2013 of 16 January 2013² , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 35/2013 of 18 January 2013³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2013 of 11 March 2013⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 241/2013 of 14 March 2013⁵ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 251/2013 of 22 March 2013⁶ and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 293/2013 of 20 March 2013⁷ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

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”, (substituted by the European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 497 of 2012 )), the following-

“ ‘Pesticide MRL Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 178/2006 of 1 February 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 149/2008 of 29 January 2008, Regulation (EC) No. 299/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 260/2008 of 18 March 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 839/2008 of 31 July 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2009 of 23 March 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 822/2009 of 27 August 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1050/2009 of 28 October 2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1097/2009 of 16 November 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 304/2010 of 9 April 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 459/2010 of 27 May 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 600/2010 of 8 July 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 750/2010 of 7 July 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 893/2010 of 8 October 2010, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 310/2011 of 28 March 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 460/2011 of 12 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 508/2011 of 24 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 520/2011 of 25 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 524/2011 of 26 May 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 559/2011 of 7 June 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 812/2011 of 10 August 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 813/2011 of 11 August 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 978/2011 of 3 October 2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 270/2012 of 26 March 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 322/2012 of 16 April 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 441/2012 of 24 May 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 473/2012 of 4 June 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 556/2012 of 26 June 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 592/2012 of 4 July 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 899/2012 of 21 September 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 897/2012 of 1 October 2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 34/2013 of 16 January 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 35/2013 of 18 January 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 212/2013 of 11 March 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 241/2013 of 14 March 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 251/2013 of 22 March 2013 and Commission Regulation (EU) No. 293/2013 of 20 March 2013;”.

3. The European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 497 of 2012 ) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 May 2013.

SIMON COVENEY,

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.

1 O.J. No. L273 of 06.10.2012, p.1

2 O.J. No. L25 of 26.01.2013, p.1

3 O.J. No. L25 of 26.01.2013, p.49

4 O.J. No. L68 of 12.03.2013, p.30

5 O.J. No. L75 of 19.03.2013, p.1

6 O.J. No. L88 of 27.03.2013, p.1

7 O.J. No. L96 of 05.04.2013, p.1