. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1266 
5 April 2006 
 (06-1589) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
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):  Bananas.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Final rule.  
Fenpropimorph;  Pesticide Tolerance (Available in English, 4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of 
fenpropimorph in or on bananas.  The pe tition requested establishing a tolerance for 
residues of the fungicide fenpropimorph,  (+)-cis-4-(3-((4-tert-butylphenyl))-2-
methylpropyl)-2,6-dimethylmorpholine, in or on bananas at 1.5 parts per million (ppm).  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
29 March 2006 (Volume 71, Number 60, Pages: 15608 - 15612), http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/March/Day-29/p3029.htm  
Available in English.  G/SPS/N/USA/1266 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  This regulation is effective 29 March 2006.  
 
EPA issued a notification announcing the filing of  this petition in the Federal Register of 
22 June 005.  The petition requested establishi ng a tolerance for residues of the fungicide 
fenpropimorph, (+)-cis-4-(3-((4-tert- butylphenyl))-2-methylpropyl)-2,6-
dimethylmorpholine, in or on bananas at 1. 5 parts per million (ppm).  This petition was 
previously published in the Federal Regist er on 7 December 1998, identified by the docket 
control number PF-848.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  - 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings should be received on or 
before 30 May 2006. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov