G/SPS/N/EU/575  
 
4 July 2022  
(22-5156) 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 Food Safety 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 countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III 
and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maximum residue levels for benalaxyl, bromoxynil, chlorsulfur on, epoxiconazole 
and fenamiphos in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  5+19  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_03_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_04_e.pdf  
https://m embers.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_4493_05_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing 
MRLs for benalaxyl, bromoxynil, chlorsulfuron, epoxiconazole and fenamiphos in certain 
food commodities. M RLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed. 
Lower  MRLs are set after updating the limits of determination and/or deleting old uses 
which are not authorized any more in the European Union or for which a human health 
concern may not be exclu ded. 
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 standard? 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 benalaxyl and 
fenamiphos. The list of Codex MRLs is available at: http://www.fao.org/fao -who-
codexalimentarius/codex -texts/dbs/pestres/pesticides/en . 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/EU/575  
 
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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 approvals of benalaxyl and fenamiphos for their use in plant 
protection products were not renewed. Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 should be amended 
accordingly.  
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/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32005R0396  
− Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1280 of 14 September 2020 
concerning the non -renewal of the app roval of the active substance benalaxyl, in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and 
amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regu lation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 
L301, 15 September 2020, p.4 -6) 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R1280  
− Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 20 20/1246 of 2 September 2020 
concerning the non -renewal of the approval of the active substance fenamiphos, in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and 
amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ 
L288, 3 September 2020, p.18 -20). 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R1246  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : February 2023  
Proposed date of publica tion (dd/mm/yy) : April 2023  
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 circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 September 2022  
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 Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, 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  G/SPS/N/EU/575  
 
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  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:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, 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