G/SPS/N/ARE/176, G/SPS/N/BHR/199  
G/SPS/N/KWT/50, G/SPS/N/OMN/96  
G/SPS/N/QAT/100, G/SPS/N/SAU/394  
G/SPS/N/YEM/41  
 
1 April 2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN , THE STATE OF 
KUWAIT, OMAN, QATAR,  KINGDOM OF SAUDI AR ABIA, YEMEN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Saudi Food and Drug Authority  
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): Pesticides and other agrochemicals (ICS Code: 65.100)  
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: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/The Cooperation Council 
for the Arab States of the Gulf draft Technical Reg ulation for "Maximum limits of pesticide 
residues in agricultural and food products" . Language(s): Arabic.  Number of 
pages:  174 
https://members.wto.org/crnatta chments/2019/SPS/SAU/19_1735_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This draft technical regulation applies to maximum limits of 
pesticide residues in agricultural and food products, which covers different varieties of a 
maximum  residue limits (MRLs) in agricultural and food products, such as fruits, 
vegetable, cereal, meat, date and processed cereal -based foods and baby foods for infants 
and young children . 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standar d or related text) :  
− Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Codex maximum residue levels 
of pesticides in food and feed  
− Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. Guidelines on portion of 
commodities to which Codex maximum residue limits apply and which is 
analysed  
− Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. Codex classification of foods and 
animal feeds  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/ARE/176  • G/SPS/N/BHR/199 • G/SPS/N/KWT/50  • G/SPS/N/OMN/96 •  
G/SPS/N/QAT/100  • G/SPS/N/SAU/394 • G/SPS/N/YEM/41  
 
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  [ ] None  
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 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 293/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in 
or on food and feed of p lant and animal origin  
− http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu -pesticides -
database/public/?event=product.resultat &language=EN&selectedID=57  
− https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32006L0125  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of ci rculation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2019  
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:  
Saudi Food and Drug Authority  
SFDA - 3292 North Ring road Al Nafel Area Unt (1) - Riyadh 13312 - 6288 
Tel: +(966 11) 275 9222, Ext. 3331  
Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825  
E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa  
Website: http://www .sfda.gov.sa  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Saudi Food and Drug Authority  
SFDA - 3292 North Ring road Al Nafel Area Unt (1)  - Riyadh 13312 - 6288 
Tel: +(966 11) 275 9222, Ext. 3331  
Fax: +(966 11) 210 9825  
E-mail: SPSEP.Food@sfda.gov.sa  
Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa