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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/664
9 January 2003
(03-0108)
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 Tolylfluanid, specifically imported apple,
grape, hop, and tomato.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
U.S. trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Tolylfluanid;  Pesticide
Tolerance, (available in English, 13 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes an import tolerance for residues of
tolylfluanid in or on imported Apple (5.0 ppm);  Grape (11ppm);  Hop (30);  Tomato (2.0).
This tolerance was requested under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
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:
[ 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:   The Codex Alimentarius Commission has
established MRLs for tolylfluanid residues in/on various commodities, including currant at
5 ppm, gherkin at 2 ppm, lettuce head at 1 ppm, pome [[Page 60140]] fruits at 5 ppm,
strawberry at 3 ppm, and tomato at  2 ppm.  The Codex MRLs are expressed in terms of
tolylfluanid per se.  Although the submitted residue data support the proposed tolerance of
1.0 ppm on tomato, the Agency is establishing this tolerance at 2.0 ppm in order toharmonize with the current Codex MRL.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:  fr25se02-7,
Federal Register:  25 September 2002 (Volume 67, Number 186) Pages 60130-60142,
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/September/Day-25/p24094.htm;  Available
in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  n.a.G/SPS/N/USA/664
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   25 November 2002
12. Final date for comments:  25 November 2002
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 Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "AOPP-2002-0216" 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