G/SPS/N/EU/606  
 
14 December 2022  
(22-9296) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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):  Meat and edible meat offal (HS code(s): 02); Cereals 
(HS code(s):  10) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes III and 
V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliam ent and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for phosmet in or on certain products (Text with EEA 
relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  4 + Annexes  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_8561_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_8561_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_8561_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_8561_03_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing 
MRLs for phosmet in certain food commodities. MRLs for these substances in certain 
commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not 
authorised any mo re in the European Union and for which a human health concern may 
not be excluded.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other  damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Maximum Residue Limits for phosmet (103)  
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=103  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/EU/606  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Phosmet is not approved in the European Union. The European 
Food Safety Authority published a reasoned opinion o n the review of the existing 
maximum residue (MRLs) for phosmet. Based on the above, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 
should be amended accordingly.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of 
plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32005R0396  
− European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels for phosmet according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2022;20(7):7448  
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7448  
− European Food Safety Authority; EFSA Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide 
risk assessment of the active substa nce phosmet, EFSA Journal 2021;19(3):6237  
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6237  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : February 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : April 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation shall apply three months after the date of entry into force 
of the Regulation.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 February 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu