G/SPS/N/EU/10/Add.1  
 
28 February 2014  
(14-1262)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 28 Februa ry 2014, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Union. 
 
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 Maximum residue levels (MRLs) for tebuconazole in or on certain products 
The legislative proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/10 (21 March 2012) has been adopted as 
"Commission Regulation (EU) No 61/2014 of 24 January 2014 amending Annexes II and III to 
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyromazine, fenpropidin, formetanate, oxamyl and tebuconazole in or on certain 
products". (Text with EEA relevance) [OJ L 22/1, 25 January 2014, pp. 1-32]. The Regulation 
entered into force on 14 February 2014. 
For tebuconazole in fresh beans and peas with pods and in fresh beans without pods, the EU's 
initial proposal was to reduce the MRLs to the limit of determination (0.02 mg/kg), due to the 
paucity of data available for these crops. This intention was notified under the SPS Agreement in notice G/SPS/N/EU/10. Taking into account the comments of WTO Members to this notification, and the commitment of a certain third country to submit additional data to support the appropriate 
use of pesticides on these products, and as there is no acute risk for consumers, the European 
Union revised its proposal and decided to maintain the current MRLs (2 mg/kg). A future review of 
the MRLs will take into account information identified as missing by the European Food Safety 
Authority, if it is submitted by 25 January 2016, or , if that information is not submitted by that 
date, the lack of it. 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1091_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1091_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/EEC/14_1091_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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:   
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally 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 G/SPS/N/EU/10/Add.1 
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [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 Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations 
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 295 42 63 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 80 90 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
Text available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit G6-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel: +(32 2) 295 42 63 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 80 90 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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