G/SPS/N/CAN/1123  
 
12 July 2017  
(17-3742) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as s pecified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide flonicamid in  or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080)  
4. Regions or countries likely to b e affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Flonicamid 
(PMRL2017 -21). Language(s): English and French . Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2017 -21 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for flonicamid that have 
been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
7.0 Succulent shelled pea and bean (crop subgroup 6B )  
4.0 Edible podded legume vegetables (crop subgroup 6A)  
3.0 Pepper/eggplant (crop subgroup 8 -09B)2; Dry beans, grain lupin, dry 
kidney  beans, dry lima beans, dry navy beans, dry pink beans, dry pinto 
beans, dry tepary beans, dry adzuki beans, dry blackeyed peas, dry catjang 
seeds, dry cowpea seeds, dry moth beans, dry mung beans, dry rice beans, 
dry southern peas, dry urd beans, dry broa d beans, dry chickpeas, dry guar 
seeds, and dry lablab beans  
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL of 3.0 ppm is proposed to replace the currently established MRLs of 0.4 ppm for all 
commodities in crop subgroup 8 -09B. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the  Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage 
(https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -
environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pestic ides and 
Pest Management section of Health Canada's website.  
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.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1123  
 
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  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   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed 
for flonicamid in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Health  Canada website:  https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -
product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public /consultations.html , PMRL2017 -21, 
posted: 27 June 2017  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within  four to  five months from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.  
Proposed da te of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : On the date the measure is adopted.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the dat e of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 September 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other bod y:  
13. Text(s)  available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc -sc/documents/s ervices/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2017/flonicamid/pmrl2017 -21-eng.pdf  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc -sc/documents/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/consultation s/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2017/flonicamid/pmrl2017 -21-fra.pdf  (French)  
 
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