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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/827
11 November 2003
(03-6044)
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 Imidacloprid
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:   Imidacloprid;  Pesticide
Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (available in English, 10 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for the
combined residues of imidacloprid, (1-[ 6-chloro-3-pyridinyl) methyl]-N-nitro-2-
imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all
expressed as parent in or on soybean seed at 1.0 ppm.  This action is in response to EPA's
granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide as a seed treatment onsoybean seed.  This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of
imidacloprid in this food commodity.  The tolerance will expire and is 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:  fr29oc03-9,
Federal Register: 29 October 2003 (Volume 68, Number 209) Pages 61624-61634;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/October/Day-29/p26926.htm ; available in
English
10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 October 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 October 2003G/SPS/N/USA/827
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12. Final date for comments:  29 December 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-2003-0327" 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,
Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov