G/SPS/N/GBR/25  
 
6 February 2023  
(23-0846) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED KINGDOM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and The 
Health and Safety Executive  
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):  Apples (0130010), pears (0130020), apricots (0140010), 
cherries  (sweet) (0140020), peaches (0140030), plums (0140040), table grapes 
(0151010), wine grapes (0151020), Sunflower seeds (0401050), Rapeseeds/ canola seeds 
(0401060), sugar beet roots (0900010), swine: liver (1011030), swine: edible offals 
(other than liver and kidney) (1011050), bovine : kidney (1012040), bovine : edible offals 
(other than liver and kidney) (1012050), sheep: edible offals (other than liver or kidney) 
(1013050), goat: edible offals (other than liver or kidney) (1014050), equine : kidney 
(1015040), equine : edible offals (oth er than liver and kidney) (1015050), other farmed 
terrestrial animals: muscle (1017010), other farmed terrestrial animals: fat tissue 
(1017020), other farmed terrestrial animals: liver (1017030), other farmed terrestrial 
animals: kidney (1017040), other farmed terrestrial animals: edible offals (other than liver 
and kidney) (1017050).  
For reference, the full list of GB commodity codes is set out in Part 1 of the GB pesticides 
Maximum Residue Level statutory register – see link). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent r elevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  New or raised  GB MRLs for mefentrifluconazole 
amending the GB MRL Statutory Register . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  19 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/GBR/23_0906_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Mefentrifluconazole is an approved active substance in GB. 
An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive to set new MRLs for 
apples, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches, plums, table grapes, wine grapes, sunflower 
seeds, rapeseeds, sugar beet roots and products of animal origin. Following assessment, 
new or raised MRLs have been introduced to accommodate new authorisations of plant 
protection products in GB and to set Import Tolerances.  
The Evaluation Report and Reasoned Opinion supporting the new or raised MRLs is 
available at the following link. A complete list of the new or raised MRLs is available within 
this document, see page 7 -9: 
The evaluation of the new MRLs for mefentrifluconazole in or on various commodities 
(hse.gov.uk)  
The residue levels arising in food or feed from the notified uses result in consumer 
exposures below the toxicological reference  values and therefore harmful effects on human 
health are not expected. As the residue levels exceed the current MRLs in force, new or 
raised MRLs are being adopted.  G/SPS/N/GBR/25  
 
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  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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  There are no Codex MRLs (CXLs) for mefentrifluconazole.  
9. Other relevant documents a nd language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 January 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 January 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 19 January 2023  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
UKSPS@defra.gov.uk  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
UKSPS@defra.gov.uk