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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/809
7 October 2003
(03-5291)
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 Vinclozolin
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:   Vinclozolin;
Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerances  (available in English, 6 pages).
6. Description of content:  This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for combined
residues of vinclozolin, 3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-ethenyl-5-methyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione
and its metabolites containing the 3,5-dichloroaniline moiety in or on succulent beans at
2.0 parts per million (ppm); canola at 1.0 ppm; eggs, milk, and the meat, fat and meat
byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.05 ppm; and in the meat, fat, and
meat byproducts of poultry at 0.1 ppm. BASF Cor poration requested these tolerances under
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).  The tolerance for succulent beans will expire on
30 September 2005 and the canola, eggs, milk, meat and meat-by-product tolerances will
expire on 30 November 2008.
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:fr, Federal
Register:  3 September 2003 (Volume 68, Number 170) Pages 52353-52354;
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/September/Day-03/p22314.htm ;  (available
in English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  30 September 2003G/SPS/N/USA/809
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12. Final date for comments:  1 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-2003-0311" 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,
E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov