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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/183
8 January 2003
(03-0057)
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 Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the animals
concerned to the EC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission
Directive amending Council Directives 86/ 362/EEC, 90/642/EEC in respect of maximum
residue levels for hexaconazole, clof entezine, myclobutanyl and prochloraz
(SANCO/10538/2002 Rev.2, 10 pages).
6. Description of content:   This draft Directive reviews and sets, in the light of new data,
maximum residue levels (MRLs)  in relation to  certain pesticide/food combinations that were
fixed by virtue of  Directive 2002/79/EEC.
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 these substances.  Those relevant were taken into account.G/SPS/N/EEC/183
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document: (SANCO/ 10538/2002 Rev.2) available only in English.  Working
versions are also available in Spanish and Fren ch.  At the moment of adoption, they will also
be available in Spanish and French.  When adopt ed 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:   31 May 2003
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) ofother 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: