G/SPS/N/EU/226  
 
15 September 2017  
(17-4887) Page: 1/2 
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 Food Safety Directorate -General  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS 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 practica ble: 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: 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 r esidue levels for chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos -methyl and triclopyr in or on 
certain products (Text with EEA relevance) and its annexes . Language(s): English.  
Number of pages: 17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_4058_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_4058_01_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_4058_02_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The draft Regulation and its annexes set proposed maximum 
residue levels for chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos -methyl and triclopyr in or on certain products in 
Annex II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. MRLs for these substances in certain 
commodities are changed: either increased, lowered, or deleted. 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 lim it 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 standard? 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 
chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos -methyl. The list of Codex MRLs is available at: 
http://www.fa o.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/standards/pestres/pesticides/en/ . 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/EU/226  
 
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  [ ] 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 reasoned 
opinions on the review of the existing maximum residue levels for chlorpyrifos, 
chlorpyrifos -methyl and triclopyr. Based on these opinions the Regulation (EC) 
No 396/2005 should therefore be amended fol lowing 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://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG :2005R0396:20120101:EN:PDF  
 Reasoned opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting of 
MRLs for chlorpyrifos  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4733  
 Reasoned opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting of 
MRLs for chlorpyrifos -methyl  
http://www.efsa. europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4734  
 Reasoned opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority on the setting of 
MRLs for triclopyr  
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/p ub/4735  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] 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) : 13 November 2017  
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:  
European Commission  
DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. 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) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu