. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/42 
18 August 2004 
 (04-3466) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health 
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):  Fruits, vegetables, tea and cereals 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Revocation of Pesticide Residue Li mits (Available in 
English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
1. The draft establishes the pesticide MRLs for 2,4-D on asparaguses, cherries, 
cranberries and grapes;  azoxystrobin on peaches and cherries;  clofentezine on 
peaches, nectarines, cherries and almonds ;  glyphosate on soybeans, corn, wheat, 
potatoes, asparagus, almonds and peppers;  trifluralin on leaf vegetables with wrapped 
leaves, sugarcane, rice, citrus, tea, dry b eans, carrots, asparagus, peas and beans, leaf 
vegetables with small leaves and fruit vegetables. 
2. MRLs for the pesticide aziprotryne, etrimf os, glyodin, promecarb and pyracarbolid on 
foods are proposed to be revoked since wo rld use of these pesticides has been 
eliminated. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
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:    G/SPS/N/TPKM/42 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Revocation of Pesticide Residue Limits  (5 August 
2004, Food No. 0930410160) available in English fro m the National Notification Authority, 
National Enquiry Point, and Depa rtment of Health.  The amendm ent will be published in the 
Official Government Gazette when adopted.   The full texts may be downloaded from the 
following website:  http://food.doh.gov.tw/frontpage.asp.
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  10 October 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  (+886) 2 23210151, ext 353 Fax:  (+886) 2 23929723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw
 
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: 
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  (+886) 2 23210151, ext 353 Fax:  (+886) 2 23929723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw