. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/194
21 March 2003
(03-1656)
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 & 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, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of
animal origin (0201, 0202, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and
certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EC
member States and third countries exporting the products concerned to the European
Communities.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Commission Directive
amending the Annexes to Council Direct ives 76/895, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and
90/642/EEC as regards the fixing of maximum levels for certain pesticide residues in and
on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit
and vegetables.(SANCO/10022/2003 rev. 4 , fourteen pages).
6. Description of content:  In this draft Directive MRLs for all uses are proposed to the limit
of determination.  The reason is because the existing active substances:  acephate,
metalaxyl and parathion-methyl, have been excluded from the Annex I to Directive 91/414last year.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:  CODEX maximum residue limits for some
commodities exist for these substances.  Those relevant were taken into account.
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: European
Commission Document:  (SANCO/10022/2003 rev.  4) at the moment, available only in
English.  When adopted, it will be published at the Official Journal available at:http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.htmlG/SPS/N/EEC/194
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10. Proposed date of adoption:   21 May 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 January 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: