G/SPS/N/USA/3397  
30 June 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency  
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):  Avocado ; Banana ; Bushberry subgroup 13B ; Caneberry 
subgroup  13A; Cranberry ; Fruit, citrus, group 10 -10; Fruit, pome, group 11 ; Ginseng ; 
Hop, dried con es; Juneberry ; Lingonberry ; Nut, macadamia ; Onion, bulb ; Onion, green ; 
Pea, succulent ; Pepper/eggplant, subgroup 8 -10B 1 ; Pineapple ; Salal; Strawberry ; 
Tomato ; Turnip, greens ; Turnip, roots ; Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5 ; Vegetable, 
cucurbit, group 9 ; Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4  
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:  Aluminum tris (O -ethylphosphonate). Pesticide 
Tolerances. Final Rule . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://www.govinfo .gov/content/pkg/CFR -2022-title40 -vol26/pdf/CFR -2022-title40 -
vol26 -sec180 -415.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Tolerances are established for residues of the fungicide 
aluminum tris ( O-ethylphosphonate), including its metabolites and degradates.  
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:   G/SPS/N/USA/3397  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-03-21/html/2018 -05642.htm  
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -
detail/en/?p_id=252  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2021  
[ ] 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: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numb er and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Michael Goodis, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 -0001; Main 
telephone number: +(703) 305 7090;  E-mail: RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR -2022-title40 -vol26/pdf/CFR -2022-title40 -
vol26 -sec180 -415.pdf