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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/237 
24 February 2004 
 (04-0778) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cereals (CN 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of 
animal origin (CN 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204,  0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0210) and certain 
products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the Europ ean Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Commission Directive 
amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the 
fixing of maximum levels for certain pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain products 
of plant origin, including fruit and vegetabl es (SANCO/10587/2003 Rev. 5, seven pages plus 
four annexes) 
6. Description of content:  In this draft Directive, MRLs are set for: 
- Old substances (isoxaflutole, trifloxyst robin, carfentrazone-ethyl and fenamidone); 
- New substances, recently (propyzami de, mecoprop, mecoprop-p and maleic 
hydrazide). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly id entify deviations:  Codex maximum residue limits for some 
commodities exist for maleic hydrazide.  Those relevant were  taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/237 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document:  (SANCO/10587/2003 Rev.5) available in all EC languages.  When 
adopted 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:   18 June 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   19 January 2004 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] EC notification authority, 
[   ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax nu mber and E-mail address (if available) of other 
body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] EC notification au thority, [ X ] EC enquiry  point, or address, 
fax number and E-mail address (i f available) of other body: