G/TBT/N/OMN/195
16 December 2014
(14-7277)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  OMAN 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministry of Commerce & Industry 
Directorate General for Specifications & Measurements 
P.O. Box: 550, Postal Code: 113 Tel.: + (968) 2481 3832 Fax: + (968) 2471 5992 
E-mail:  nepic@moci.gov.om  
Website:  http://www.mocioman.gov.om  
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Maximum  
residues limits (Mrls) of veterinary drugs in food (ICS: 67.040.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Regulation for 
"Maximum Residues Limits (Mrls) of Veterinary Drugs in Food" (159 pages, in English; 163 pages, in Arabic) 
6. Description of content:  This Omani/Gulf draft technical regulation concerns the 
regulation applying to maximum residues limits for the veterinary drugs in food and food products of animal origin. Furthermore, the present GSO technical standard has an 
appendix referring to the withdrawal periods fr om animal's body as well as residue markers 
and methods of detection. Items related to requirements (items 4) are compulsory. The 
remaining items are voluntary. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety 
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Maximum Residue Li mits (MRLs) of 
Veterinary Drugs in Food. 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission 
(July 2012); 
• Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Maximum Residue Li mits (MRLs) of 
Veterinary Drugs In Food 2011; 
• Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADI) for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals. Australian 
Government, Department of Health an d Aging Office of Chemical Safety 
(31 December 2012); 
• Australian Standard (2012), Australian Pest icides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, 
The MRL Standard, Maximum Residue Limits in Food And Animal Feedstuff July 2012;G/TBT/N/OMN/195 
 
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  • Canadian Standards, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) of Veterinary Drugs in Food, 
2011; 
• Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010; 
• Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90; 
• http://www.fve.org/veterinary/pdf /medicines/regulation_2377_90_en.pdf  ; 
• EMEA/MRL/865/03-Final, June 2004: The Euro pean Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
• EMEA/MRL/CVMP/151/99-Final, March 1999. The European Agency for the Evaluation 
of Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/889/03-Final. June 2004. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/342/00-Final. January 2001. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/342/98-Final. February 1998. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EUROPEAN Community Comments on Codex Circular Letter CL 2005-10 RVDF; 
• EMEA/MRL/079/96-Final, March 1996. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
• JECFA (2011) Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - Seventy-Fifth 
Meeting (Residues of Veterinary Drugs) Rome, 8–17 November 2011; 
• JECFA (2012) Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - Summary 
Report of the Seventy-Fifth Meeting of JECFA (January, 2012); 
• The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation, 2012; 
• US Maximum Residue Levels  in Food Commodities; 
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Gain Report Number: JA7053, 2007. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not yet determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: Not yet determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC) 
P.O. Box: 550 
Postal code: 113 Muscat 
Sultanate of Oman Tel.:  + (968) 2481 7252 
Fax:  + (968) 2481 7040 
Email:  nepic@moci.gov.om   
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