G/SPS/N/EU/47  
 
24 June 2013  
(13-3271)  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, III and V to Regulation (EC) No  396/2005 of the European Parliament and 
the Council as regards maximum residue levels for acetamiprid, butralin, chlorotoluron, 
daminozide, isoproturon, picoxystrobin, pyrimethanil and trinexapac in or on certain 
products"  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 19 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/EEC/13_2403_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Proposed maximum residue leve ls (MRLs) for acetamiprid, 
butralin, chlorotoluron, daminozide, isopro turon, picoxystrobin, pyrimethanil and 
trinexapac in certain commodities are changed:  either increased or lowered. Lower MRLs 
are set after updating the limit of determinations 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. 
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 acetamiprid and 
pyrimethanil 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)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/EU/47 
 
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  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:   
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:2005R0396:20080410:EN:PDF " 
Reasoned opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority: 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/d e/efsajournal/doc/2328.pdf  - MRLs for acetamiprid  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2651.pdf  - MRLs for butralin 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2485.pdf  - MRLs for chlorotoluron 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2650.pdf  - MRLs for daminozide 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2453.pdf  - MRLs for isoproturon 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2488.pdf  - MRLs for picoxystrobin 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2454.pdf  - MRLs for pyrimethanil 
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/2511.pdf  - MRLs for trinexapac 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2014  
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) : 23 August 2013.  Comments are welcomed only to 
amended MRLs (in bold in a document link ed 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) 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:   
European Commission  
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