G/SPS/N/EU/203  
 
28 March 2017  
(17-1669) 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; ICS 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 count ries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Annexes to "Draft Commission Regulation amending 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
as regards maximum residue levels for fenpropidin and pymetrozin in or on cer tain 
products (Text with EEA relevance)" . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_1507_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_1507_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels for fenpropi din and pymetrozin in or on certain products in 
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. MRLs for these substances in certain 
commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after updating the limit of determination 
and/or deleting old uses which are not autho rized 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 territ ory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, d escribe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/EU/203  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 "Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 
23 February 200 5 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.eu ropa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:20120101:EN:P
DF 
 "Commission Regulation (EU) No 398/2014 of 22 April 2014 amending Annexes II 
and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards maximum res idue levels for benthiavalicarb, cyazofamid, 
cyhalofop -butyl, forchlorfenuron, pymetrozine and silthiofam in or on certain 
products"  
EUR-Lex - 32014R0398 - EN - EUR-Lex 
 "Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014 amending Annexes II 
and III t o Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyromazine, fenpropidin, 
formetanate, oxamyl and tebuconazole in or on certain products"  
EUR-Lex - 32014R0061 - EN - EUR-Lex 
 Reasoned opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting of 
MRLs for fenpropidin and pymetrozine  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2333.htm : MRLs for fenpropidin  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2919.htm : MRLs for pymetrozine  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : September 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : September 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circula tion of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 May 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
European Commi ssion 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D2 - 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  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  Natio nal Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D2 - Multilateral international relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B 1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 980 90 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu