G/SPS/N/CAN/1517  
3 July 2023  
(23-4478) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
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):  Pesticide ethalfluralin in or on dry common beans ( Phaseolus  spp.) 
(ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060)  
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:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Ethalfluralin 
(PMRL2023 -29). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  7 and 8  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -29 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for ethalfluralin that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.05 Dry common beans ( Phaseolus  spp.)2 including: dry black beans, dry 
cranberry beans, dry beans, dry field beans, dry French beans, dry garden 
beans, dry Gr eat Northern beans, dry green beans, dry lima beans, dry pink 
beans, dry pinto beans, dry red beans, dry scarlet runner beans, dry tepary 
beans, and dry yellow beans  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Dry kidney beans and dry navy beans are excluded from this act ion as an MRL of 0.05 ppm is 
already established for these commodities.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage fro m 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?  G/SPS/N/CAN/1517  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for ethalfluralin in or 
on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pe sticide Index website.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada  website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultatio ns.html , PMRL2023 -29, 
posted: 12 June 2023  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
Proposed date of publica tion (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : On the date the measure is adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 August 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.canada.ca/en /health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2023/ethalfluralin -dry-common -beans/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pestici des-lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/ethalfluraline -haricots -communs -secs/document.html  (French)  
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