G/SPS/N/EU/248  
 
28 March 2018  
(18-1914) 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): 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 "Commission Regulation (EU) amending 
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and the 
Council as r egards maximum residue levels for penoxsulam, triflumizole and triflumuron" 
(Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 23 
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the substances penoxsulam, triflumizole and 
triflumuron. MRLs for these substances 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 not be excluded. The residue definitions of the substances 
have 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 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 triflumizole  
[ ] 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?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/EU/248  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2017. Reasoned opinion on the review of the 
existing maximum residue levels for penoxsulam according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005 . EFSA Journal 2017;15(4):4753  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4753  
 EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2017. Reasoned opinion on the review of the 
existing maximum residue levels for triflumizole according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2017;15(3):4749  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4749  
 EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2017. Reasoned opinion on the review of the 
existing maximum residue levels for triflumuron according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2017;15(4):4769  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4769  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : October 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  
[ ] Trade facilitating me asure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 May 2018 . Comments are welcomed only to MRLs 
that were changed (in bold in a document linked under point 5 of this notification).  
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 addr ess (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