G/SPS/N/USA/3270  
 
31 August 2021  
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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):  Multiple commodities  
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:  Chlorpyrifos; Tolerance Revocations . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  22 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-30/html/2021 -18091.htm  
6. Description of content:  On 29 April 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit ordered EPA to issue a final rule concerning the chlorpyrifos tolerances by 
20 August 2021. Based on the currently available data and taking into consideration the 
currently regist ered uses for chlorpyrifos, EPA is unable to conclude that the risk from 
aggregate exposure from the use of chlorpyrifos meets the safety standard of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Accordingly, EPA is revoking all tolerances for 
chlorpyr ifos. 
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, i dentify 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 Pl ant 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/3270  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 August 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 28 February 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Elissa Reaves, Pesticide Re -Evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Pro tection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 -
0001; Tel: +(703) 347 0206; E -mail address: OPPChlorpyrifosInquiries@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/FR -2021-08-30/html/2021 -18091.htm