G/SPS/N/CAN/722  
 
16 August 2013  
(13-4387)  Page: 1/3  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticide imidacloprid in or on various commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.180) 
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: Imidacloprid 
(PMRL2013-61)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 7 
6. Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2013-61 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue limit (MRL) for imidacloprid that has been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
14 Herbs (Crop Subgroup 19A), fresh and dried 
6.0 Hops (dried) 
4.0 Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 2), legume vegetables, 
succulent or dried (Crop Group 6; except dry soybeans) 
3.5 Bushberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07B)1, leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 4A)2 
3.0 Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09)3 
2.5 Globe artichokes 1.5 Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit and gooseberries (Crop 
Subgroup 13-07F)
4 
1.0 Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09)5, avocado, papaya, star apple, 
black sapote, mangoes6, sapodilla, canistel, mamey sapote 
0.6 Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09)7 
0.5 Low growing berry subgroup, exce pt cranberries, lingonberries and 
lowbush blueberries (Crop Subgroup 13-07G) 
0.45 Peanuts 
0.4 Root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 1; except sugar beet roots)8 
0.3 Sugar beet molasses 0.05 Cranberries, sugar beet roots, tree nuts (Crop Group 14-11)
9 
1 Existing MRL of 1 ppm for blueberries and 0. 1 ppm for juneberrries (Saskatoon berries) are 
replaced with crop group MRL of 3.5 ppm. 
2 Existing MRL of 3.5 ppm on lettuce is prop osed for extension to the remaining subgroup 
commodities. 
3 Existing MRL of 1.1 ppm for pe aches and nectarines replaced with crop group MRL of 3 ppm. 
4 E x i s t i n g  M R L  o f  1 . 5  p p m  o n  g r a p e s  i s  p r o p osed for extension to the remaining subgroup 
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  5 Existing MRLs of 0.08 ppm on eggplants, and 1 ppm on peppers an d tomatoes are replaced with 
crop group MRL of 1 ppm. 
6 Existing MRL of 0.2 ppm on mangoes is replaced with an MRL of 1 ppm. 
7 Existing MRLs of 0.5 ppm on a pples and 0.6 ppm on pears are re placed with crop group MRL of 
0.6 ppm. 
8 Existing MRLs of 0.3 ppm on potatoes, swee t potatoes, and 0.05 ppm on ginseng roots are 
replaced with crop group MRL of 0.4 ppm. 
9 Existing MRL of 0.05 ppm on pecans is replaced by crop group MRL of 0.05 ppm. 
ppm = parts per million  
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] 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 standard:  
 Food Commodity Proposed  Canadian MRL Codex MRL 
 (ppm) (ppm) 
Herbs (Crop Group 19A) - Fresh and Dried 14 None 
Hops (dried) 6.0 10 
Leaves of Root and Tuber Vegetables 4.0 None 
(Crop Group 2) 
Radish leaves (including radish tops)  5 
Legume vegetables, succulent or dried 4.0 None 
(Crop Group 6; except dry soybeans) 
Beans, except broad bean and soya bean;   2 
peas (dry); peas, shelled (succulent seeds) Peas (pods and succulent, immature seeds)   5 
Leafy Greens (Crop Subgroup 4A) 3.5 None 
Head lettuce  2 
Bushberries (Crop subgroup 13-07B) 3.5 5 (berries and other
 
  small fruits except 
  cranberries, grapes 
  and strawberries) 
Stone fruits (Crop Group 12-09) 3.0 None 
Apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches,  0.5 
Plums (including prunes)  0.2 
Globe artichokes 2.5 None 
Small fruit vine climbing subgroup,  1.5 1 (grapes only) 
except fuzzy kiwifruit and gooseberries 
(Crop subgroup 13-07F) 
Avocadoes, papayas, star apples, black 1.0 0.2 (mangoes only) 
sapote, mango, sapodilla, canistel, mamey sapote G/SPS/N/CAN/722 
 
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  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 1.0 None 
Tomatoes  0.5 Eggplants  0.2 
Peppers  1 
Peppers, chilli (dried)  10 
Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09) 0.6 None 
Apples  0.5 
Pears  1 
Low growing berry subgroup, except 0.5 0.5 (strawberries 
cranberries, lingonberries and lowbush  only) 
blueberries (Crop subgroup 13-07G) 
Peanuts 0.45 1 Root and Tuber Vegetables (Crop Group 1; 0.4 0.5 
except sugar beet roots) 
Sugar beet roots 0.05 None 
Sugar beet molasses 0.3 None 
Tree nuts (Crop Group 14-11) 0.05 0.01 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Health 
Canada website: " http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pe st/part/consultations/index-
eng.php ", PMRL2013-61, posted: 13 August 2013 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Normally within four to five months from 
the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (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) : 27 October 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2013-61/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2013-61/index-fra.php  
(French)