G/SPS/N/CAN/1325  
 
12 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:  Agence de réglementation de la lutte antiparasitaire (ARLA), Santé 
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):  Pestici de pendimethalin in or on bulb onions (ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 
67.040, 67.080)  
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: Pendimethalin 
(PMRL2020 -16). Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2020 -16 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for pendimethalin that has been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) a nd/or Processed Commodity  
0.1  Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3 -07A, except dry bulb onions)2 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Dry bulb onions are excluded from this MRL action as a 0.1 ppm MRL is already established for the 
commodity.  
An MRL is proposed for each c ommodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the  Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage  
(https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -
environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) 
in the Pesticides and Pest Management section of the Canada.ca website.  
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/1325  
 
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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) : 292 - Pendimethalin  
[ ] 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 standard:  Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRL proposed for 
pendimethalin in Canada with the corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in whic h these are available:  Health 
Canada website: https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations.html , PMRL2020 -16, posted: 
4 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 Hea lth Canada web site.  
Proposed date of publication (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) : 18 October 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) 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/h ealth-canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2020/pendimethalin/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/pub lic/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2020/pendimethaline/document.html  (French)  
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