G/SPS/N/EU/332  
 
16 July 2019  
(19-4705) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Consumers Directorate -General  
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):  Cereals (HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 
1008), foodstuffs of  animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 
0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All tradin g partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Annex II 
to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards 
maximum residue levels for dimethoate and omethoate in or on cherries (Text with EEA 
relevance) . Language(s):  Englis h. Number of pages:  3+6 
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of the 
existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the substances dimethoate and omethoate. 
MRLs for these substances in cherries are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after updating the 
limits of determination a nd/or deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the 
European Union or for which a human health concern may not be excluded.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/p lant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Maximum Residue Limits 79 - Dimethoate 
http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=27  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  G/SPS/N/EU/332  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The European Food Safety Authority published a conclusion on 
the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance dimethoate1. 
Based on that opinion, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should be amended following a risk 
analysis approach.  
1 European Food Safety Authority; Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment 
for the active substance dimehtoate. EFSA  Journal 2018;16(10):5454.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− "Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of 
plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC"  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32005R0396  
− "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1090 of 26 June 2019 concerning 
the non -renewal of approval of the active substance dimethoate, in accordance with 
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
concerning the placing of plant protection pr oducts on the market, and amending the 
Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011"  
http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32019R1090   
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : February 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 September 2019  
Agency or authority  designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 - Multilateral international relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B 1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 - Multilateral international relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B 1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu