G/SPS/N/CAN/1530  
19 September 2023  
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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 specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Pesticide difenoconazole in or on leaves of root and tuber vegetables 
(ICS: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080).  
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:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Difenoconazole 
(PMRL2023 -43). Language(s):  English and  French . Number of pages:  7 and 8  
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2023 -43 is to 
consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for difenoconazole that has been 
proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm)1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
8.0 Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (human food or animal feed) (crop 
group 2, except garden beet tops2, radish leaves3 and turnip greens3) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 Garden beet tops are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 8.0 ppm is already established for 
this commodity.  
3 Radish leaves and turnip greens are excluded from this MRL action as an MRL of 35 ppm is already 
established for these commod ities. 
The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on 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 
Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect te rritory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1530  
 
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  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) : 224 Difenoconazole  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for difenoconazole in 
or on the petitioned commodities according to the Codex Alimentarius Pest icide Index 
website.  
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, PMRL2023 -43, 
posted:  14 September 2023 (available in English and French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within 4 to 5 months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada  web site.  
Proposed date 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 date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 November 2023  
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 body:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1530  
 
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  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/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/consultations/proposed -maximum -residue -
limit/2023/difenoconazole -leaves -of-root-and-tuber -vegetables/document.html  (English)  
 
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2023/difenoconazole -feuilles -legumes -racines -et-legumes -
tubercules/docum ent.html  (French)  
 
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