G/SPS/N/EU/379  
 
23 March 2020  
(20-2319) Page: 1/3 
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 trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and 
III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for bupirimate, carfentrazone -ethyl, emamectin, 
ethirimol and pyriofenone in or on certa in products (Text with EEA relevance) . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  5+49  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_2106_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_2106_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_2106_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_2106_03_e.pdf  
https://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/EEC/20_2106_04_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing 
MRLs for bupirimate, carfentrazone -ethyl, emamectin, ethirimol, and pyriofenone in 
certain food commoditie s. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed: 
either increased or lowered. Lower MRLs are set after updating the limits of determination 
and/or deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union or for 
which a huma n health concern may not be excluded. The residue definition for some 
substances has also been updated.  
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.   G/SPS/N/EU/379  
 
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  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 for emamectin 
benzoate. The list of Codex MRLs is available at: http://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pe stres/pesticides/en/   
[ ] 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?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The European Food Safety Authority published reasoned 
opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue levels for emamectin. Based on 
the opinion, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should be amended accordingly.  
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  
− "Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue levels for 
bupirimate according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005." EFSA Journal 
2019;17(7):5757.  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/5757  
− "Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue levels for 
carfentrazone -ethyl according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005". 
EFSA Journal 2012;10(11):2956.  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2956  
− "Conclusion on pesticides peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active  
substance carfentrazone -ethyl". EFSA Journal 2016 14(8):4569.  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4569  
− "Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue  levels for 
emamectin according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005". EFSA Journal 
2019;17(8):5803.  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/5803  
− "Reasoned opinion  on the review of the existing maximum residue levels for 
pyriofenone according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005". EFSA Journal 
2019;17(6):5711.  
https://www.efsa.eur opa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/5711  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : August 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union.  
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if availa ble) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 - Multilateral international relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B 1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
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: +(322) 295 4263  
Fax: +(322) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu