G/SPS/N/EU/171/Add.1  
 
19 June 2017 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 19 June 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the European Union . 
 
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Maximum residue levels for fluopyram; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), alpha -isomer; 
hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta -isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, 
except the gamma isomer; lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), gamma -isomer); nicotine and 
profenofos in or on certain products  
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/171 (31  October 2016) is now adopted as Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2017/978 of 9 June 2017 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels 
for fluopyram; hexachlorocyclo hexane (HCH), alpha -isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta -
isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer; lindane 
(hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), gamma -isomer); nicotine and profenofos in or on certain products 
(Text with EE A relevance) [OJ L 151, 14 June 2017, p. 1].  
This Regulation shall apply from 4 January 2018.  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2773_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2773_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2773_00_s.pdf  
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:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously not ified 
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 co mments, 
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: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  G/SPS/N/EU/171/Add.1  
 
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  European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101, B -1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 295 426 3 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
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) 295 4263  
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
 
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