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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/143
11 September 2002
(02-4779)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
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):  Imidacloprid (ICS: 65.100.10)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   not
stated
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Interim Marketing
Authorization regarding the use of Imidacloprid on cherries (available in English andFrench, pages 2660-2661)
6. Description of content: The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), of Health
Canada, has recently approved an application to amend the registration of imidacloprid in
order to allow its use for the control of western cherry fruit fly and black cherry fruit fly on
sour cherries and sweet cherries.  After the review of all available data, the PMRA has
determined that an MRL for imidacloprid, including its metabolites, of 3 p.p.m. in sourcherries and sweet cherries would not pose an unacceptable health risk to the public.
As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, an Interim Marketing
Authorization (IMA) is being issued to permit the immediate sale of sour cherries and
sweet cherries with an MRL for imidacloprid of 3 p.p.m. while the regulatory process is
undertaken to formally amend the Regulations.  A revision to this notification will be
published at the start of the amendment process and members will be given the opportunityat that time to submit comments on this proposed measure.
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:
[   ] 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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette,
Part I, 24 August 2002 (available in English and French).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   note stated for the final regulationG/SPS/N/CAN/143
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   not stated for the final regulation
12. Final date for comments:   This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment
period will be provided in a Revision of this notification.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://www.canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13634.pdf