. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/887 
1 April 2004 
 (04-1491) 
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):  Kiwifruit, leafy greens subgroup 4A excep t spinach, dry and succulent beans, 
pome fruit, melon subgroup 9A, citrus crop gr oup 10, dried pulp and citrus oil, and 
pomegranates. 
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:   Fludioxonil; Notice of 
Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolera nce for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or 
on Food  (available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Notice announces the filing of pesticide petition proposing the 
establishment of regulations for combined residues of indoxacarb in or on the raw 
agricultural commodities of kiwifruit (at 20 ppm), leafy greens subgroup 4A except 
spinach (at 30 ppm), dry and succulent beans (at 0.4 ppm), pome fruit group 11 and yams (at 8.0 ppm), melon subgroup 9A (at 0.03 ppm),  citrus crop group 10 and dried pulp (at 20 
ppm), citrus oil (at 500 ppm), and pomegranates(at 2.0 ppm). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/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:   n.a. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr, Federal 
Register :  17 March 2004 (Volume 69, Number 52) pages 12680-12683;  available in 
English 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/March/Day-17/p5514.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. G/SPS/N/USA/887 
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 12. Final date for comments:  16 April 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), BM_1_ Office of Pesticide 
Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-" in 
subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number an d E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  
Tel:  (202) 720-4051, Fax:   (202) 720-7772, E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov