G/SPS/N/EU/683  
5 October 2023  
(23-6704) Page: 1/2 
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):  Meat and edible meat offal (HS code(s): 02); Cereals (HS code(s): 10)  
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:  Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1069 of 1 June 2023 
amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bixafen, cyprodinil, fenhexamid, 
fenpicoxamid, fenpyroximate, flutianil, isoxaflutole, mandipropamid, methoxyfenozide, and 
spinetoram in or on certain products (Text with EEA rele vance) . Language(s):  English, 
French and Spanish . Number of pages:  25 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12843_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12843_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_12843_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation is a measure transposing Codex MRLs (CXLs), 
for which the EU has n ot reserved its position in the 53rd Codex Committee for Pesticides 
Residues (CCPR), into EU legislation  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protec t 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 pesticides bixafen  (262), 
cyprodinil  (207), fenhexamid  (215), fenpicoxamid  (305), fenpyroximate  (193), 
flutianil  (319), isoxaflutole  (268), mandipropamid  (231), methoxyfenozide  (209), and 
spinetoram  (234) in some commodities.  CODEX MRLs LIST is available a t 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/pestres/data/index.html?lang=en  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestri al or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/EU/683  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possib le, 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"  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/ALL/?u ri=CELEX%3A32005R0396  
"Scientific support for preparing an EU position for the 53rd Session of the Codex 
Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR). EFSA Journal 2022;20(9):7521."  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/7521  
"Report of the 53rd session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues REP22/PR53"  
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
proxy/en/?lnk=1&url=https%253A%252F%252Fworkspac e.fao.org%252Fsites%252Fcode
x%252FMeetings%252FCX -718-
53%252FREPORT%252FFINAL%252520REPORT%252FREP22_PR53e.pdf  
"Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Codex Alimentarius Commission. Appendix II. 
Forty-fifth Session. FAO h eadquarters, Rome, Italy. 21 -25 November, 12 -13 December  2022 
and 19 December 2022 -6 February 2023"  
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
proxy/tr/?lnk=1&url=https%253A%252F%252Fworkspace.fao.org%252Fsites%252Fcodex
%252FMeetings%252FCX -701-
45%252FFinal%252520Report%252 520CAC45%252FCompiled%2BREP22_CAC.pdf  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 2 June 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 22 June 2023  
[X] 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: [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 Relation s 
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu