G/SPS/N/CAN/1333  
 
27 August 2020  
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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 difenoconazole in or on various commodities (ICS: 65.020, 
65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.140, 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: Difenoconazole 
(PMRL2020 -26). Language(s):  English and  French . Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2020 -26 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for difenoconazole that have been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL(ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC ) and/or Processed Commodity  
35  Arugula, Chinese broccoli2, abyssinian cabbages, seakale cabbages, 
garden cress, upland cress, hanover salad, maca, mizuna, radish 
leaves, wild rocket, shepherd's purse, turnip greens and watercress  
30  Tea (dried leaves)  
8  Rice, wild rice3 
3  Guavas  
1.5  Globe artichokes  
0.6  Papayas4 
0.4  Undelinted cotton seeds5 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 1.9 ppm.  
3 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established  MRLs of 0.01 ppm  
4 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.3 ppm  
5 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.05 ppm  
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/CAN/1333  
 
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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) : 224 - Difenoconazole  
[ ] 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  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard: Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for difenoconazole in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
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 , PMRL2020 -26, posted : 
25 August 2020 (available in English and French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within 4 to 5 months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada web site.  
Proposed date of publicat ion (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) : 8 November 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) 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/ser vices/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2020/difenoconazole/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultatio ns/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2020/difenoconazole/document.html  (French)  
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