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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/808
1 October 2003
(03-5162)
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 Thiamethoxam
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
US trading partners.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Thiamethoxam;
Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (available in English, 9 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for the
combined residues of thiamethoxam and CGA-322704 on hops at 0.10 parts per million
(ppm);  bean, succulent at 0.02 ppm;  and bean, dried at 0.02 ppm.  This action is in
response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on
hops, succulent bean seed and dry bean seed.  This regulation establishes maximumpermissible levels for residues of thiamethoxam in these food commodities.  The tolerances
will expire and are revoked on 31 December 2006.
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:
[   ] 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:   not applicable
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  DOCID:fr27au03-13,
Federal Register:  27 August 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166) Page;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/August/Day-27/p21662.htm ;  (available in
English.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  27 August 2003G/SPS/N/USA/808
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12. Final date for comments:  27 October 2003
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 ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  opp-docket@epa.gov
Note:  Identify docket name "OPP-2003-0254" 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:
Ms. Roseanne Freese, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service, Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027,Washington, DC  20250.  Tel:  (202) 690-1642, Fax:  (202) 720 7772,
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov