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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/182
8 January 2003
(03-0054)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities.  Health and Consumer
Protection Directorate-General Directorate E – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health
and Welfare, International Questions
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Cereals (1001 to 1008).  Meat, includin g fat and meat preparations (0201 to
0210, 1601, 1602).  Milk and Dairy products  (0401, 0402, 0405, 0406).  Eggs (0407, 0408).
Certain fruits (0801 to 0814).  Certain vege tables and potatoes (0700 to 0712).  Pulses
(0713).  Tea leaves (0902) a nd Hops (1302).  ICS:  65.100.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communitie s (EEC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the EEC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Directive amending the Annexes to C ouncil Directives 86/ 362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and
90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for certain perticide residues in and on
cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain  products of plant origin, inlcuding fruit and
vegetables.  (SANCO/10469/2002 Rev .2, 7 pages plus annexes).
6. Description of content:   This draft Directive sets for the first time provisional maximum
residue levels (MRLs) for substances recently included in Anenx I to Directive 91/414(cinidon-ethyl, cyhalofop butyl, famoxadone , florasulam, flumioxazine, metalaxyl-M,
picolinafen, iprovalicarb, prosulfuron, sulf osulfuron, fenhexamid, acibenzolar-S-methyl,
cyclanilide, pyraflufen-ethyl, amitrole, diquat,  isoproturon and ethofumesate) and also sets
MRLs for substances recently excluded (chlorfenapyr, fentin acetate and fentin hydroxide)
from the same Annex.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   Codex maximum residue limits for some
commodities exist for diquat and fentin.  Those relevant were taken into account.G/SPS/N/EEC/182
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document: (SANCO/10469/2002 Rev.2)  available in English.  Working
versions are also available in Spanish and French.  When adopted it will be published at the
Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   28 February 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   30 June 2003 at the latest except for the provisions for
fentin hydroxide, fentin acetate and chlorfenapyr, which shall be brought into force by
30 June 2004.
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments:  [ X ] EC notification authority,
[   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
13.Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  EC enquiry point,  or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: