G/SPS/N/CAN/1028  
 
6 June 2016  
(16-3034)  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 specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide pyraclostrobin in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.080, 67.060, 67.220, 67.180, 67.140, 67.200) 
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: Pyraclostrobin 
(PMRL2016-27)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 8 and 9  
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2016-27 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pyraclostrobin that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm)
1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
200 Dried herbs (Crop Group 19A) 
40 Crop group 2 (leaves of root and tuber vegetables, except garden beet tops 
and radish tops2,3), fresh herbs (crop group 19A), dill seeds, fresh chive 
leaves 
3.0 American persimmons, globe artichokes 
2.5 Crop group 12-09 (stone fruits)4 
1.4 Barley5 
0.6 Tropical and subtropical fruits - medium to large fruits, smooth, inedible 
peel, except banana6 (Crop subgroup 24B)7, mamey sapotes, sapodillas, 
sorghum 
0.45 Undelinted cotton seeds 0.3 Green coffee beans 
0.2 Sugarcane cane 
1 ppm = parts per million 
2 Garden beet tops and radish tops are excluded from this MRL action as a 40 ppm MRL 
is already established for these commodities. 
3 The new MRL of 40 ppm in/on Crop Group 2 - Leaves of Root and Tuber Vegetables, 
will replace the existing MRL of 16 ppm in/on turnip tops and celeriac tops. 
4 The new MRL of 2.5 ppm in/on Crop Group 12-09 - Stone Fruits, will replace the 
existing MRL of 0.7 ppm in/on apricots, fresh prune plums, nectarines, peaches, 
plumcots, plums, sweet cherries and tart cherries. 
5 The new MRL of 1.4 ppm in/on barley will replace the existing MRL of 0.4 ppm in/on 
barley. 
6 Bananas are excluded from this MRL action as a 0.04 ppm MRL is currently established G/SPS/N/CAN/1028 
 
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  for this commodity. 
7 The new MRL of 0.6 ppm in/on Crop Subgroup 24B will replace the existing MRL of 0.1 
ppm for mango and papaya. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups  webpage ( http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-prot eger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ) in the 
Pesticides 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.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) (Pyraclostrobin, 210) 
[ ] 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 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 pyraclostrobin in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Health Canada website: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ cps-spc/pest/part/co nsultations/index-
eng.php, PMRL2016-27, posted 27 May 2016 (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 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) : 10 August 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation 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:  
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2016-27/index-eng.php  
(English) 
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2016-27/index-fra.php  (French)