G/SPS/N/EU/573  
 
22 June 2022  
(22-4840) 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 
III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for 1 -methyl -3-(trifluoromethyl) -1H-pyraz ole-4-
carboxamide, cycloxydim, cyflumetofen, cyfluthrin, metobromuron and penthiopyrad in or 
on certain products (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  582 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4215_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4215_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4215_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4215_03_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing 
MRLs for 1 -methyl -3-(trifluoromethyl) -1H-pyrazole -4-carboxamide, cycloxydim, 
cyflumetofen, cyfluthrin, metobromuron and penthiopyrad in certain food commodities. 
MRLs for these subst ances in certain commodities are changed: either increased or 
lowered. Lower MRLs are set after updating the limits of determination and/or 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. The residue definition for some substances has also 
been updated.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other d amage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/573  
 
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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) :  
− Codex Maximum Residue Limits for cycloxydim (179) https://www.fao.org/fao -
who-codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticid e-detail/en/?p_id=179  
− Codex Maximum Residue Limits for cyflumetofen (273) 
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=273  
− Codex Maximum Residue Limits for cyfluthrin and beta -cyfluthrin (157) 
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=157  
− Codex Maximum Residue Limits for penthiopyrad (253) 
https://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/codex -
texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide -detail/en/?p_id=253  
[ ] 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:  The current EU policy is to align EU MRLs with CXLs if three 
conditions are fulfilled: (i) that the E uropean Union sets MRLs for the commodity under 
consideration; (ii) that the current EU MRL is lower than the CXL ; and (iii) that the CXL is 
acceptable to the E uropean Union with respect to aspects such as consumer protection, 
supporting data, and extrapolations.  
Where the E uropean Union considers that a proposed CXL is not acceptable, it makes a 
reservation to the C odex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR). Reservations made by 
the E uropean Union, concerning some of the active substances envisaged by the draft 
Regulation, are listed in the relevant CCPR reports:  
http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/committees/committee/related -
meetings/en/?committee=CCPR . 
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  
− "European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels for cycloxydim according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2020;18(1):5962"  
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5962  
− "European Food Safety Au thority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels for cyflumetofen according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2021;19(8):6812"  
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6812  
− "European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels for beta -cyfluthrin and cyfluthrin according to Article 12 of 
Regulatio n (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2021;19(9):6837"  
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6837  
− "European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinio n on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels for metobromuron according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2021;19(9):6841"  
https://efsa .onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6841  
− "European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing G/SPS/N/EU/573  
 
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  maximum residue levels for penthiopyrad according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2021;19(9 ):6810"  
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6810  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : February 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating m easure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 August 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