G/SPS/N/CAN/1168  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3045) 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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Pesticide abamectin in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes:  65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 6 7.080)  
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: Abamectin 
(PMRL2018 -11). Language(s): English and French.  Number of pages: 7 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2018 -11 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for abamectin that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.1 Leafy greens (crop sub group 4 -13A)2; leaf petioles vegetables  
 (crop sub group 22B)3 
0.02 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8 -09)4 
1 ppm = parts per million  
2 The MRL of 0.1 ppm is being extended from Crop Group 4 to all of Crop Subgroup 4 -13A. 
3 The MRL of 0.1 ppm is being extended from celery to all of Crop Subgroup 22B, except for cardoon, 
Chinese celery, and rhubarb which will retain the current MRL of 0.1 ppm.  
4 The MRL of 0.02 ppm is being extended from Crop Group 8 to all of Crop Subgroup 8 -09. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance 
with the  Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consume r-product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -
your-health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) 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.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1168  
 
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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) : 177 Abamectin  
[ ] 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 stand ard: Table 2 of the PMRL document compares the MRLs proposed for 
abamectin in Canada with corresponding Codex MRLs.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public /consultations.html , PMRL2018 -11, posted: 18 May 2018.  
(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 website.  
Proposed date of p ublication (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) : 01 August 2018  
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:   
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/2018/abamectin/document.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -
consommation/pesticides -lutte-antiparasitaire/public/consultations/limites -maximales -
residus -proposees/2018/abamectine/document.html  (French)  
 
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