G/SPS/N/EU/582  
 
21 July 2022  
(22-5530) 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 Food Safety 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, III 
and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for calcium phosphide, cyromazine, top ramezone and 
triflumizole in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  3 + annexes  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_03_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_04_e.pdf  
https://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4822_05_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing 
MRLs for calcium phosphide, cyromazine, topramezone and triflumizole in certain food 
commodities. MRLs for  these substances in certain commodities are changed. Lower MRLs 
are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union or 
for which a human health concern may not be excluded. Some MRLs are kept based on 
veterinary uses.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Maximum Residue Limits for triflumizole (270). 
The list of Codex MRLs is available at: https://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=270 . 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/EU/582  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The approvals of triflumizole for their use in plant protection 
products expired in June 2020. EU member States revoked all existing auth orisations for 
plant protection products containing this substance. Based on the above, 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  
− Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2020/1643 of 5 November 2020 
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the approval per iods 
of the active substances calcium phosphide, denathonium benzoate, haloxyfop -P, 
imidacloprid, pencycuron and zeta -cypermethrin  
https://eur -lex.europa .eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R1643&qid=1604918663225  
− Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014 amending Annexes II 
and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards maximum residue le vels for cyromazine, fenpropidin, formetanate, oxamyl 
and tebuconazole in or on certain products  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1405584423047&uri=CELEX:32014R0061  
− Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmac ologically 
active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in 
foodstuffs of animal origin (OJ L 15, 20.1.2010, p. 1)  
https://eur -lex.europa.e u/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32010R0037  
− European Food Safety Authority, 2014. Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide 
risk assessment of the active substance topramezone. EFSA Journal 2014;12(2):3540, 
82 pp.  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3540  
− Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/79 of 27 January 2021 concerning 
the non -approval of the active substance topramezone, in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the 
placing of plant protection products on the market (OJ L 29, 28 January 2021, p. 8)  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0079  
− Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1516 of 10 October 2018 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 peno xsulam, triflumizole and triflumuron in or on 
certain products (OJ L 256, 12 October 2018, p. 45 –57) 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/ALL/?u ri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2018.256.01.0045.01.ENG  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : February 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : April 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/EU/582  
 
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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) : 19 September 2022  
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