G/SPS/N/USA/3422  
22 September 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency  
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):  carrot; cattle, fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts; egg; goat, 
fat; goat, meat; goat, meat byproducts; hog, fat; hog, meat; hog, meat byproduc ts; 
horse, fat; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts; milk; poultry, fat; poultry, meat; 
poultry, meat byproducts; sheep, fat; sheep, meat; sheep, meat byproducts; tomato, 
dried; vegetable, cucurbit, group 9; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 -10; vegetable, tube rous 
and corm, subgroup 1C; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage; animal feed, nongrass, 
group 18, hay; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, straw; berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G; 
grain, cereal, forage, hay, stover, and straw group 16 -22, forage; grain , cereal, forage, 
hay, stover, and straw group 16 -22, hay; grain, cereal, forage, hay, stover, and straw 
group 16 -22, stover; grain, cereal, forage, hay, stover, and straw group 16 -22, straw; 
grain, cereal, group 15 -22; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group  17, forage; grass, 
forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, straw; 
oilseed group 20; rapeseed, forage; stalk, stem and leaf petiole vegetable group 22; 
vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5 -16; vegetable, bulb,  group 3 -07; vegetable, 
legume, forage and hay, group 7 -22, forage; vegetable, legume, forage and hay, group 
7-22, hay; vegetable, leafy, group 4 -16; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2; 
vegetable, legume, group 6 -22; vegetable, root, subgroup 1B  
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:  "Fluazaindolizine ;" Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule. . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  8 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-12/html/2023 -19607.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
fluazaindolizine in or on multiple commodities.  
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/USA/3422  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protecti on Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The Codex has not established any MRLs for fluazaindolizine.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-04-15/html/2020 -07806.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-06-28/html/2021 -13702.htm  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 12 Se ptember 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) of other body:   
Charles Smith, Director, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460 - 
0001; Tel: +(202) 566 -1030; E -mail: RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-12/html/2023 -19607.htm