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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/249 
22 October 2004 
 (04-4489) 
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 Director ate-General Direct orate D – Food Safety:  production and distribution 
chain 
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, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as 
regards maximum residue levels for certain pesticides in and on cereals and certain products of animal and plant origin (SANCO/10133/ 2004 Rev.6, seven pages plus six 
annexes) 
6. Description of content:  In the annexes of this draft Directive, MRLs are set for: 
- Old substances (iprodione; propiconazole and molinate); 
- New substances (mesotrione, silthiofam, picoxystrobin., flufenacet, iodosulfuron-
methyl-sodium and fosthiazate). 
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, 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 identify deviations:   Codex maximum residue limits for some 
commodities exist for iprodione and propiconazole.  Those relevant were taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/249 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document: (SANCO/10133/2003 Rev.6).  When adopted it will be published at 
the Official Journal available at:  http ://europa.eu.int/eur-l ex/en/oj/index.html 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Around the end of February 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Twenty days after the publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Union.  
Note : The provisions in the Directive shall be ap plicable 18 months after its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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 notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: