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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/316 
1 August 2007  
 (07-3292) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities, Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Director ate E – Safety of the Food Chain 
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):  Certain edible fruit and nuts (HS 0808), certain roots and tubers (HS 0701) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable : 
Member States of the European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the EC. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Commission Directive 
amending Council Directive 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for imazalil 
(SANCO/10601/2006 rev 1, 12 pages including the annex)   
6. Description of content:  Due to a general intake concern, in the annex to this draft Directive, 
the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for imazalil in pome fruit and potatoes are intended to be 
set at 0,02 mg/kg.  
The MRLs for other commodities remain unchanged. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  Taking into account consumption data in the European Communities 
and in view of new toxicological scientific data  for this substance, th e MRLs in pome fruit 
and potatoes should be reduced.  New data revealed that the current MRLs of 5 mg/kg in 
pome fruit and potatoes lead to an exceedence of the Acute Reference Dose (ARfD). 
Therefore, those MRLs will be reduced  to safe levels for the consumers.  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex maximum residue levels in pome fruit and 
potatoes exist for imazalil (5 mg/kg), and are in line with the current EC MRLs.  However, these levels showed an acute intake c oncern and therefore need to be reduced. G/SPS/N/EEC/316 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   European Commission 
document: (SANCO/10601/2006 rev 1).  When adopted it will be published at the Official 
Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2007
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10. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the twentieth day following publication in the 
Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification 
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: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu