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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/750
 4 July 2003
(03-3586)
Committee on Sanitary and 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Thymol and Eucalyptus oil on honey and
honeycomb.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Thymol and Eucalyptus
Oil;  Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance, available in English, 6 pages.
6. Description of content: This regulation establishes time-limited exemptions from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of Thymol and Eucalyptus oil on honey and
honeycomb.  This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption
under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
authorizing use of these pesticides in beehiv es.  This regulation eliminates the need to
establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Thymol and Eucalyptus oil in or on
honey and honeycomb.  These time-limited exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance
for residues of the Thymol and Eucalyptus oil will expire and are revoked on 30 June 2005.
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   NA
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID: fr06jn03-15,
Federal Register: 6 June 2003 (Volume 68, Number 109) Page 33876-33882;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-06/p14198.htm; available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 June 2003.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  not applicableG/SPS/N/USA/750
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12. Final date for comments:  5 August 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov
Note: Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0002" in subject line of your response.
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. Bill Janis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250.
Tel (202) 720-9047, (202) 720-0677, fstsd@usda.gov