G/SPS/N/EU/649  
29 June 2023  
(23-4427) 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 and 
V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for diethofencarb, fenoxycarb, flutriafol a nd pencycuron 
in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  5 + Annexes  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_03_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_04_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_05_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing 
MRLs for diethofencarb, fenoxycarb, flutriafol and pencycuron in certain food products. 
MRLs for  these substances in certain commodities are changed. Lower MRLs are set at the 
level of Codex MRLs or at the limit of determination, after deleting old uses which are not 
authorised any more in the European Union or for which a human health concern may no t 
be excluded.  
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 flutriafol in some 
commodities. CODEX MRLs LIST is available at https://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticides/en/ . G/SPS/N/EU/649  
 
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  [ ] 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 st andard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
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) 2021/726 of 4 May 2021 amending 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the approval periods of the 
active substances Adoxophyes orana granulovirus  and flutriafol  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/726/oj  
− Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for 
flutriafol accor ding to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005  
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3687  
− Evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review and setting of an 
import tolerance for flutriafol in cucurbits (inedible peel)  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/6315  
− Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in cucurbits with edible peel  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajou rnal/pub/4577  
− Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in strawberries  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4427  
− Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in hops  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4875  
− Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 48th Session of the Codex 
Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4571  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, and apply six months thereafter.  
[ ] Trade fa cilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 August 2023  
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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EU/649  
 
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  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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu