G/SPS/N/EU/262  
 
13 July 2018  
(18-4404) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
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): Cereals (HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 
1008), foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 
0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III 
and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards maxim um residue levels for linuron in or on certain products . Language(s): 
English.  Number of pages: 10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_3702_ 00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/EEC/18_3702_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This notified draft Regulation sets maximum residue levels for 
linuron to the limit of determination by application of Article 14 (1) (a) and Article 17 of 
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 and following the revocation of national authorisations of 
plant protection products containing this active substance in the  EU. National 
authorisations of plant protection products containing this active substance were revoked 
by application of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 
2017 concerning the non -renewal of approval of the active substance li nuron, notified to 
the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (G/TBT/N/EU/409).  
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, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/EU/262  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
23 February 2005 on maximum  residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant 
and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC  
http://eur -
lex.eur opa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:20120101:EN:PDF  
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 concerning the 
non-renewal of approval of the active substance linuron, in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 1107/20 09 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing 
of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1530522264827&uri=CELEX%3A32017R0244  
Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance linuron, European 
Food Safety Authority (EF SA), EFSA Journal 2016;14(7):4518  
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/fr/efsajournal/pub/4518  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : February 2019.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : February 2019.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final da te for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 September 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number an d e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart  101 
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu