. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/943 
18 August 2004 
 (04-3462) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Carfentr azone-ethyl such as Acerola; Almond 
hulls; Hops; Avocado; Atemoya; Banana; Be rry; Birida; Borage, seed; Cacao; Cactus; 
Canistel; Cherimoya; Citrus, crop group 10; C itrus cultivars and/or hybrids of grapefruit 
and pummelo, including Uniq fruit; Coconut; Coff ee; Crambe, seed; Custard apple; Date; 
Feijoa ppm; Fig ppm; Fish ppm; Flax, seed; Grape ; Grapefruit; Guava; Guayule ; Herbs and spice group 19; Horseradish; Ilama ; Indi an Mulberry; Jabotica; Juneberry; Kava; Kiwi 
fruit; Lingonberry; Lychee; Longan; Mango; Mustard seed, Indian; Mustard seed, Field; 
Mustard seed, Black; Okra; Olive; Palm H eart, leaves; Passionfruit; Papaya; Pawpaw; 
Peanut; Persimmon; Pistachio; Pome fruit,  crop group 11; Pomegranate; Pulasan; 
Pummelo; Rambutan; Rapeseed, Indian; Rap eseed; Safflower; Salal; Sapodilla; Sapote, 
black; Sapote, mamey; Shellfish; Sorghum, sw eet, stalks; Sorghum, sweet, syrup; Soursop; 
Spanish lime; Star apple; Starfruit; Stone fruit,  crop group 12; Strawberry; Strawberrypear; 
Stevia; Sugar apple; Sugarcane; Sunflower, seed; Ti, leaves; Tea; Tree nut, crop group 14; 
Tuberous and corm vegetables, crop subgrou p 1C; Vanilla; Vegetable, brassica, leafy, 
group 5; Vegetable, bulb, group 3; Vegetable,  cucurbit group 9; Vegetable, foliage of 
legume, group 7; Vegetables, Fruiting, Group, cr op group 8; Vegetable, leaves of root and 
tuber, group 2; Vegetable, leafy, except br assica, group 4 ; Vegetable, legume, group 6; 
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1;  Wasabi, roots; and Wax jambu. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notice: Carfentrazone-
ethyl; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide 
Chemical in or on Food , (available in English, 5 pages). 
6. Description of content:  EPA has received pesticide pe titions to establish tolerances for 
residues of carfentrazone-ethyl (ethyl-[alpha]- 2-dichloro-5-[4(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-
3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-4-fl uorobenzene-propanoate) and the metabolite 
carfentrazone-ethyl chloropropionic acid ([al pha], 2-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-
dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]-4-fluorobenzenepropanoic acid) in or on the raw agricultural commodities.  This no tice announces the initial filing of a pesticide 
petition proposing the establishment of regula tions for residues of these chemicals.   
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests G/SPS/N/USA/943 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection 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: fr, Federal 
Register :  28 July 2004 (Volume 69, Number 144) Pages 45042-45047; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/July/Day-28/p16719.htm   
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available 
12. Final date for comments:   27 August 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 Pestic ide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify docket name "OPP-2004-0177" in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-720-7772;  E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov