G/SPS/N/CHN/1051  
 
5 August 2016  
(16-4213) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of the People's Republic of China  
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): Foods  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specif ic regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: 
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Foods   Language(s): Chinese   Number of 
pages: 28 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHN/16_3112_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard establishes 1 ,058 maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) for 160 pesticides, including 2, 4 -D-dimethylammonium, etc. in foods.  
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, identi fy the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CAC/MRL 1 Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for 
Pesticides  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Hea lth Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number)    
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it devi ates from the 
international standard: This document contains 1 ,058 MRLs. To be exact, 938 MRLs 
conform to Codex maximum residue limits. 120 proposed limits are different from Codex 
maximum residue limits.  
The scientific methodology used to establish MRLs i s consistent with international 
practice. Members set MRLs according to the good agricultural practice (GAP) applicable 
to their respective conditions. Since pesticide use patterns differ between different 
production regions and Members as pests and enviro nmental factors vary, Chinese MRLs 
for pesticides in foods may differ from Codex standards.  G/SPS/N/CHN/1051  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: None   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publ ication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circu lation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 October 2016  
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: