. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/877 
17 March 2004 
 (04-1203) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Products that use the pesticide Propiconazole 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Propiconazole;  Notice 
of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tole rances for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in 
or on Food (available in English, 5 pages). 
6. Description of content:  EPA has received pesticide pe titions (PP 8F3654 and PP 8F3674) 
proposing to extend the time-limited toleran ces for residues of propiconazole (1-[[2-(2,4-
dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole) in or on corn, field, forage at 12 parts per million (ppm); corn, field, grain at 0.1 ppm;  corn, field, stover at 
12 ppm; corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks  removed at 0.1 ppm; pineapple at 0.1 ppm; 
pineapple, fodder at 0.1 ppm (8F3674);  peanuts at 0.2 ppm; and peanuts, hay at 20 ppm (8F3654).  EPA has not fully evaluated the suffi ciency of the submitted data at this time or 
whether the data support granting of the petitions .  Additional data may be needed before 
EPA rules on the petitions.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/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:   International CODEX values are established for 
almond, animal products, bananas, barley, co ffee, eggs, grapes, mango, meat, milk, oat, 
peanut-whole, peanut grains, pecans, rape, rye,  stone fruit, sugar cane, sugar beets, sugar 
beet tops, and wheat.  The US residue definition includes both propiconazole and 
metabolites determined as 2,4-dichlorobenzoi c acid (DCBA), while the CODEX definition 
is for propiconazole, per se, i.e. parent only.   This difference results in unique tolerance 
expressions with the US definition resu lting in the higher tolerance levels. G/SPS/N/USA/877 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:  fr27fe04-
51, Federal Register
:  27 February 2004 (Volume 69, Number 39) pages 9315-9320; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2004/February/Day-27/p416.htm ; available in 
English   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   n.a. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   n.a. 
12. Final date for comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2004-0053, 
must be received on or before 29 March 2004.   
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:   Public Information and Reco rds Integrity Branch (PIRIB), 
Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. opp-docket@epa.gov Note: Identify doc ket name "OPP-2003-0053" in subject line 
of your response.   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail ad dress (if available)  of other body   Ms. Julie Morin, 
United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety 
and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027 , Washington, DC  20250.  Tel: (202) 720-
4051, Fax: (202) 720-7772, E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov :