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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/169
3 July 2002
(02-3711)
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 & 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, certain products of plant or igin, including fruit and vegetables and
several products circulating under the Integrated Tariff of the Community (TARIC)
Positions 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008 and others).  ICS number:
65.100.30 (fungicides). For TARIC positions go to:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/databases/taric_en.htm
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EEC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the EEC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission
Directive amending the Annex to Council Dire ctive 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum
levels for pesticide residues (azoxystrobin) in and on certain products of plant origin,
including fruit and vegetables respectively.  (Doc. SANCO/1040/2002 rev.1, 9 pages, in
English)
6. Description of content:   The draft Directive modifies provisional MRLs for azoxystrobin.
This new active substance is used as a fungicide only and was included in Annex I to
Directive 91/414/EEC. MRLs for azoxystrobin residues in and on all commodities covered
by Directive 90/642/EEC are established in th is Directive as amended in particular by
previous Commission Directives:  1999/71/E C, 2000/48/EC, 2001/48/EC and 2002/23/EC.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:G/SPS/N/EEC/169
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   European
Commission Document. SANCO/1040 /2002 rev.1, available in English.  Previous version
(SANCO/1040/2002), 9 is available in all Community languages.  When a dopted 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 October 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   31 March 2003
12. Final date for comments:   Sixty (60) days after the date of notification
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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: