G/SPS/N/EU/50  
 
12 July 2013  
(13-3743)  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 and V to Regulation (EC)  No 396/2005 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bifenazate, chlorpropham, 
esfenvalerate, fludioxonil and thiobencarb in or on certain products"  Language(s): 
English  Number of pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/EEC/13_2771_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for bifenazate, chlorpropham, esfenvalerate, fludioxonil 
and thiobencarb in Annex II and V 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex Maximum Residue Li mits for bifenazate, 
chlorpropham, esfenvalerate and fludioxonil for some commodities. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/EU/50 
 
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  [ ] 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 European Food Safety Authority published reasoned 
opinions on the existing MRLs for bifenazate, chlorpropham, esfenvalerate and 
fludioxonil. Based on these opinions the Re gulation (EC) No 396/2005 should therefore 
be amended following a risk analysis approach. 
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://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:2012010
1:EN:PDF " 
Reasoned opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority: 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2484.htm : MRLs for bifenazate 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2584.htm : MRLs for chlorpropham 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2432.htm : MRLs for esfenvalerate 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2335.htm : MRLs for fludioxonil 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/pub/2341.htm : MRLs for thiobencarb 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2013 
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) : 10 September 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:  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations 
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 295 99 22 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 80 90 
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:   
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel: +(32 2) 295 99 22 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 80 90 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu