G/SPS/N/EU/72  
 
4 April 2014  
(14-2109)  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, IV and V to Regulation (EC)  No 396/2005 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for anthraquinone, benfluralin, 
bentazone, bromoxynil, chlorothalonil, famoxadone, imazamox, methyl bromide, 
propanil, propargite and sulphuric acid in or on certain products" (Text with EEA relevance)  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 57 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1795_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for anthraquinone, benfluralin, bentazone, bromoxynil, 
chlorothalonil, famoxadone, imazamox, methyl bromide, propanil, propargite and sulphuric acid in Annexes II 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 determinations and/or deleting old uses which are not authorised 
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 anthraquinone, 
benfluralin, bentazone, bromoxynil, chlorothalonil, famoxadone, imazamox, 
methyl bromide, propanil, propargite an d sulphuric acid for some commodities 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/EU/72 
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 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 anthraqu inone, benfluralin, bentazone, bromoxynil, 
chlorothalonil, famoxadone, imazamox, methyl bromide, propanil, propargite and sulphuric acid. 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/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02005R0396-20121026&rid=10 ) 
European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for anthraquinone according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(6):2761. [6 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority, 2013. Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for benfluralin according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2013;11(6):3278. [33 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for bentazone according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(7):2822. [65 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for bromoxynil according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(8):2861. [41 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for cholorothalonil according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(10):2940. [87 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority; Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for famoxado ne according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(7):2835. [53 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority, 2013. Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for imazamox according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2013;11(6):3282. [34 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority, 2013. Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for methyl bromide according to Article 12 of Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2013;11(7):3339. [29 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority, 2013. Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for propanil according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2013;11(6):3280. [22 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority, 2013. Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for propargite according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2013;11(8):3350. [26 pp.] 
European Food Safety Authority; Review of the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) 
for sulphuric acid according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. EFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2556. [9 pp.] 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : September 2014  G/SPS/N/EU/72 
 
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  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 circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 June 2014. While the Annex contains MRLs for a 
vast number of substances, comments are welcomed only on those MRLs that have been 
changed and are the subject of this notifica t i o n  ( t h e s e  c a n  b e  s e e n  i n  b o l d  i n  t h e  
document referred to under point 5). 
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 42 63 
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 42 63 Fax: +(32 2) 299 80 90 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu