G/SPS/N/CAN/1107  
 
24 April 2017  
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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: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as s pecified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide penthiopyrad in or on barley (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060)  
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: Penthiopyrad 
(PMRL2017 -09). Language(s): English and French . Number of pages: 5 
6. Descriptio n of content:  
The objective of the notified document PMRL2017 -09 is to consult on the listed domestic 
maximum residue limits (MRLs) for penthiopyrad that have been proposed by the Health 
Canada 's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Ag ricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
2.0 Barley bran2 
0.3 Barley2 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 An MRL of 0.3 ppm for barley and 2.0 ppm for barley bran are proposed to replace the current 
MRL of 0.15 ppm and 0.9 ppm, respectively.  
7. Objec tive 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 sta ndard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 253 Penthiopyrad  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International P lant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No  G/SPS/N/CAN/1107  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: Table 2 o f the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for penthiopyrad in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Health  Canada website: http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/index -
eng.php , PMRL2017 -09, posted: 11 April 2017  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to  five m onths from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
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 adopt ed. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2017  
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:  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2017 -09/index -eng.p hp 
(English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2017 -09/index -fra.php  
(French)