G/SPS/N/EU/51  
 
30 August 2013  
(13-4603)  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 Consumers Directorate-
General 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S 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: Annexes to "Draft Commission Regulation amending 
Annexes II, and III to Regulation (EC) No 3 96/2005 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benthiavalicarb, cyhalofop-butil, 
cyazofamid, forchlorfenuron, pymetrozine and silthiofam in or on certain products"  
Language(s): English  Number of pages: 8 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/EEC/13_3451_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for benthiavalicarb, cyhalofop-butil, cyazofamid, 
forchlorfenuron, pymetrozine and silthiofam in Annex II to Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed: either increased or lowered. Lower MRLs are set after updating the limit of determination and/or deleting old uses which are not authorized any more in the European Union or for 
which there is not enough data for an MRL to be set. 
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 st andard? 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 Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/EU/51 
 
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  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:   
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/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:20120101:EN:PDF " 
Reasoned opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority: 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2872.htm  - MRLs for benthiavalicarb 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/3115.htm  - MRLs for cyhalofop-butyl 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/3065.htm  - MRLs for cyazofamid 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2862.htm  - MRLs for forchlorfenuron 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2919.htm  - MRLs for pymetrozine 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/3088.htm  - MRLs for silthiofam 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after the publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2013.  Comments are welcomed only 
to amended MRLs (in bold in a document linked under point 5 of this notification). 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel: +(32 2) 29 59922 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Texts 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 Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 59922 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu