G/TBT/N/QAT/368
17 December 2014
(14-7299)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  QATAR 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Standards and Metrology Department 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Ministry of Environment 
Standard Department 
Email: standard@qatar.net.qa  
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:        
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Maximum 
residues limits (Mrls) of vete rinary drugs in food (ICS:  67.040.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  "Maximum 
Residues Limits (Mrls) of Veterinary Drugs in Food" (159 pages, in English; 163 pages, in 
Arabic) 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation applies to maximum residues limits 
for the veterinary drugs in food and food pr oducts of animal origin. Furthermore, the 
present GSO technical standard has an appendix  referring to the withdrawal periods from 
animal's body as well as residue markers and methods of detection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Food safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Maximum Residue Li mits (MRLs) of 
Veterinary Drugs in Food. 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (July 
2012); 
• Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), Maximum Residue Li mits (MRLs) of 
Veterinary Drugs in Food 2011; 
• Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADI) for Agricultural and Vetetinary Chemicals. Australian 
Government, Department of Health and Aging Office of Ch emical Safety (31 
December 2012); 
• Australian Standard (2012), Australian Pest icides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, 
The MRL Standard, Maximum Residue Limits in Food And Animal Feedstuff July 2012;
• Canadian Standards, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) of Veterinary Drugs in Food, 
2011; 
• Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010; 
• Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90; 
• http://www.fve.org/veterinary/pdf /medicines/regulation_2377_90_en.pdf  ; G/TBT/N/QAT/368 
 
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  • EMEA/MRL/865/03-Final, June 2004: The Euro pean Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
• EMEA/MRL/CVMP/151/99-Final, March 1999. The European Agency for the Evaluation 
of Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/889/03-Final. June 2004. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. 
Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/342/00-Final. January 2001. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. 
Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• EMEA/MRL/342/98-Final. February 1998. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit. 
Committee for Veterinary Medical Products; 
• European Community Comments on Code x Circular Letter CL 2005-10 RVDF; 
• EMEA/MRL/079/96-Final, March 1996. The European Agency for the Evaluation of 
Medicinal Products. Veterinary Medicines and Information Technology Unit; 
• JECFA (2011) Joint FAO/WHO Expert Commi ttee on Food Addtives - Seventy-Fifth 
Meeting (Residues of Veterinary Drugs) Rome, 8–17 November 2011; 
• JECFA (2012) Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - Summary 
Report of the Seventy-Fifth Meeting of JECFA (January, 2012); 
• The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation, 2012; 
• US Maximum Residue Levels  in Food Commodities; 
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Gain Report Number: JA7053, 2007. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publicat ion in official Gazette 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Ministry of Environment 
Standard Department Email: standard@qatar.net.qa  
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2014/TBT/QAT/14_5458_00_e.pdf   
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