G/SPS/N/USA/2939  
 
19 July 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Environmental Protection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specifi ed in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Multiple products  
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: Difenoconazole; Pesticide Tolerances Final Rule.  
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 6 
https://www.gpo. gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2017-07-14/html/2017 -14105.htm  
6. Description of content: Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 134 (Friday, 14 July  2017) . 
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of difenoconazole in or on cottonseed 
subgroup 20C; rice, grain; and rice, wild, grain. It also amends the existing tolerance for 
cotton, gin by -products, and removes the tolerance for cotton, undelinted seed. 
Syngenta Crop P rotection, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) . 
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, ident ify 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 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/USA/2939  
 
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  9. Other rel evant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2017-02-07/html/2017 -02475.htm  (available in 
English)  
10. Proposed d ate of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 14 July 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 July 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 14 July 2017  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Michael Goodis, Registration Divison (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 -
0001; Main telephone number: +(703) 305 7090; E -mail: RD FRNotices@epa.gov  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultur al Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov