G/SPS/N/CAN/1095  
 
7 March 2017  
(17-1355) Page: 1/2 
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 specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide prothioconazole in or on undelinted cotton 
seeds (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.200)  
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: Prothioconazole 
(PMRL2017 -03). Language(s): English and French . Number of pages: 5 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2017 -03 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limit (MRL) for prothioconazole that has 
been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.4 Undelinted cotton seeds  
1 ppm = parts per million  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant p est 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) : 232, Prot hioconazole  
[ ] 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 relevan t international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: Currently, there is no Codex MRL listed for prothioconazole in 
or on undelinted cotton seeds on the Codex Alimentarius  Pesticide Residues in Food and 
Feed webpage.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1095  
 
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  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 -03, posted: 3 March 2017  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canad a 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 adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 May 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) 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 -03/index -eng.php  
(English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/cps -spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2017 -03/index -fra.php  
(French)