G/SPS/N/CAN/1553  
21 May 2024  
(24-3884) 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 picarbutrazox in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.200)  
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: Picarbutrazox 
(PMRL2024 -06). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  7 and 8  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2024 -06 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for picarbutrazox  that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.01 Dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean) (crop subgroup 6C); cereal  
grains (crop group 15)2; rapeseeds (revised) (crop subgroup 20A)  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRLs of 0.01 ppm in/on field corn, popcorn 
grain, and sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed with a single crop group 15 MRL at the 
same value. This will result in a single MRL that  will be applicable to all commodities within crop group 
15. 
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the  Residue 
Chemistry Crop Groups webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -
your-health-environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the 
Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.  
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) :  G/SPS/N/CAN/1553  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation co nform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for picarbutrazox in or 
on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide 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/consultations.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations.html  (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 publication (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 ): 30 July 2024  
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/prop osed-maximum -residue -
limit/2024/picarbutrazox/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2024/picarbutrazox/docu ment.html  (French)  
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