G/SPS/N/EU/136  
 
29 June 2015  
(15-3341)  Page: 1/3  
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 Consumers Directorate-
General 
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): 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 practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Annexes to "Draft Commission Regulation 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 diethofencarb, mesotrione, 
metosulam, pirimiphos-methyl, propiconazole and spiroxamine in or on certain products 
(Text with EEA relevance)"  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 7 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/EEC/15_2515_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: These notified annexes to the draft Regulation set proposed 
maximum residue levels for diethofencarb, mesotrione, metosulam, pirimiphos-methyl, 
propiconazole and spiroxamine in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005. 
MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed: either increased or lowered. Higher MRLs are set to accommodate new uses in the European Union and in third countries which export those commodities to the European Union. Lower MRLs are 
set after updating the limit of determination and/or deleting old uses which are not 
authorized any more in the European Union or for which there is not enough data for an MRL to be set. 
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 stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex Maximum Residue Limits for pesticides 
pirimiphos-methyl and propiconazole in some commodities. 
CODEX MRLs LIST is available at  
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/p estres/data/index.html?lang=en  G/SPS/N/EU/136 
 
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  [ ] 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: The European Food Safety Authority published a reasoned 
opinion on the review of the existing maxi mum residue levels for pirimiphos-methyl. 
Based on this opinion the Regulation (EC)  No. 396/2005 should therefore be amended 
following a risk analysis approach. 
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://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0396:20120101
:EN:PDF  
Reasoned opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting of 
MRLs for diethofencarb, mesotrione, metosulam, pirimiphos-methyl, propiconazole and spiroxamine. http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/ doc/4030.pdf: MRLs for diethofencarb  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajourna l/doc/3976.pdf: MRLs for mesotrione  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajourna l/doc/3983.pdf: MRLs for metosulam  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/ doc/3974.pdf: MRLs fo r pirimphosmethyl  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/ doc/3975.pdf: MRLs for propiconazole  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/e n/efsajournal/doc/3992.pdf : MRLs for spiroxamine 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : January 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : January 2016 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Twenty days after publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 August 2015. Comments are welcome only to 
MRLs that were changed (in bold in a document  linked under point 5 of this notification). 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [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 4263 Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu G/SPS/N/EU/136 
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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 4263 
Fax: +(32 2) 299 8090 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu