G/SPS/N/CAN/1164/Add.1  
 
28 June 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 June 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Flonicamid  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for flonicamid notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/1164 (dated 3 April 2018) was adopted 25 June 2018. The proposed MRL was 
established via entry into the Maximum Residue  Limits Database and is provided directly below:  
MRL (ppm )1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
1.5 Citrus fruits (crop group 10 – Revised)  
1ppm = parts per million  
MRLs are established 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/consumer -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.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit 
Database  (http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ) on the Maximum Residue Limits for 
Pesticides webpage ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -
safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protect ing-your-health -environment/pesticides -
food/maximum -residue -limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows users to search for 
pesticides(s) or for food commodity(ies).  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification  of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into  force 
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1164/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar  days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
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:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRL has been provided above and is also accessible from the MRL webpage as 
indicated below:   
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticides.html  (English)   
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pe sticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
 
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