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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/92
20 July 2000
(00-2994)
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:  European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and
Consumer Protection
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Cereals, certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, and
products of animal origin
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission Directive
amending the Annexes to Council Directives  76/895/EEC, 86/362/ EEC, 86/363/EEC and
90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and
vegetables, cereals, products of animal origin, and certain products of plant origin, including
fruit and vegetables, respectively.  Do c. SANCO/711/00 rev. 3 (11 pages).
5. Description of content:  This draft Directive sets maximum residue levels (MRLs) for
azinphos ethyl, chlozolinate, dinoterb, DNOC, monolinuron, propham, pyrazophos and
tecnazene in and on cereals, products of animal origin, and certain products of plant origin,
including fruit and vegetables and compound feedingstuffs.  Decisions have been taken to
withdraw products containing these active s ubstances from the market in the European
Communities following evaluation work undertaken in the framework of Council Directive
91/414/EEC on the placing of plant protection products on the market.
6. 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   
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  No Codex MRLs exist for azinphos ethyl,
chlozolinate, dinoterb, DNOC, monolinuron and propham. A Codex MRL of 20 mg/kg
exists for tecnazene on potato but a toxicological evaluation reveals that no acceptable daily
intake can be determined and that this value cannot be shown to be safe.  Several CodexMRLs exist for pyrazophos, all of them based on EC authorisations that have been
withdrawn.  The European Communities requested the CCPR in May 2000 to withdraw the
Codex MRLs for pyrazophos.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Doc.
SANCO/711/00 rev.3 in all official languages of the European Communities.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 September 2000G/SPS/N/EEC/92
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2001 to be applied by all member States of the
European Communities, for azinphos ethyl, propham and dinoterb; 1 July 2002 for
chlozolinate, DNOC, monolinuron, tecnazene and pyrazophos.
11. Final date for comments:  1 September 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: