. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/976 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3751) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the fungicide Fenhexamid such as pome fruit and apples 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notice:  Fenhexamid; 
Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Esta blish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food (available in English, 5 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of fenhexamid, (N-2,3-dichloro-4-
hydroxypheny)-1-methyl cyclohexanecarboxami de), in or on the raw agricultural 
commodity fruit, pome, group 11 pre- and post-harvest at 10.0 parts per million (ppm) and 
apple, wet pomace at 25 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   International tomato tolerances are in effect in 
France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spai n, Turkey (1 ppm) and other EU countries 
(2 ppm).  Kiwi tolerances are as follows:  Greece, Italy and Slovenia (10 ppm).  Stonefruit 
tolerances already exist in the USA for pre- harvest applications as well as in Canada 
(6 ppm), Austria (cherry, 5 ppm;  plum, 2 ppm);   Belgium (cherry, 5 ppm);  Germany and 
Slovenia (cherry, 5 ppm; peach and plum, 2 ppm) , Italy (cherry, 5 ppm; apricot, peach and 
plum, 2 ppm);  Japan (peach, 1 ppm), Switzerland (cherry, 2 ppm) and the UK (plum, 1 ppm) and other EU countries (peach and plum, 1 ppm;  cherry, 5 ppm). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register : 27 August 2004 (Volume 69, Number 166) pages 52684-52688; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/August/Day-27/p19614.htm  (available in 
English). G/SPS/N/USA/976 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:   27 September 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs 
(OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov  Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2004-0270" in 
subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   Ms. Julie 
Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point O fficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Food Safety & Technical Services Divisi on, Stop 1027, Washi ngton D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov