G/SPS/N/EU/86  
 
4 July 2014  
(14-3851)  Page: 1/3  
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): Certain selected commodities of plant and animal origin 
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, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 39 6/2005 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards maximum residue levels  for 2-naphthyloxyacetic acid, acetochlor, 
chloropicrin, diflufenican, flurprimidol, flutolanil and spinosad in or on certain products 
(Text with EEA relevance)"  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 27 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_2978_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels for 2-naphthyloxyacetic acid, acetochlor, chloropicrin, 
diflufenican, flurprimidol, flutolanil and spinosad in Annexes II, III and V to Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed: either increased or lowered. Higher MRLs are set to accommodate new uses in the 
European Union and in third countries which export those commodities to the European 
Union.  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 Limits for flutolanil and 
spinosad 
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/EU/86 
 
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  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 maximum residue levels for 2-naphthyloxyacetic acid, acetochlor, chloropicrin, diflufenican, flurprimidol, flutolanil and spinosad. Based on 
these opinions Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should 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://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:20120101:EN:P
DF 
 Reasoned opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting 
of MRLs for asulam, cyanamide, dicloran, flumioxazin, flupyrsulfuron-methyl, picolinafen and propisochlor 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3314.pdf : MRLs for 2-
naphthyloxyacetic acid 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3315.pdf : MRLs for acetochlor 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3338.pdf : MRLs for chloripicrin 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3281.pdf : MRLs for diflufenican 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3279.pdf : MRLs for flurprimidol 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3360.pdf : MRLs for flutolanil 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2630.pdf : MRLs for spinosad 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : February 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : February 2015 
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) : 2 September 2014. 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 54263 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu G/SPS/N/EU/86 
 
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  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 54263 
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu