. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1943 
31 July 2009  
 (09-3717) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Fruit, citrus, group10, except lemon, postharvest; fruit, stone, group 12; and 
lemon, preharvest and postharvest 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6   
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolera nces for residues of pyrimethanil, 
4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine, in or  on fruit, citrus, group 10, except lemon, 
postharvest at 10 ppm; fruit, stone, group 12 at 10 ppm; and lemon, preharvest and postharvest at 11 ppm. 
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)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No  G/SPS/N/USA/1943 
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     If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Codex maximum residue limits (MRLs) have been established 
for pyrimethanil per se in/on plant commoditi es associated with this petition, including 
citrus fruit at 7 ppm (postharvest); cherry (postharvest), peach and nectarine at 4 ppm; apricot at 3 ppm; and plum at 2 ppm.  Due to  differences in application rates and use 
patterns, harmonization of US tolerances with th e lower Codex MRLs is not possible at this 
time. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
can be found at the [Federal Register:  8 July 2009 (Volume 74, Number 129)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 32443-32448] or online at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/July/Day-08/p15942.htm .  This notification is bei ng published subsequent to a 
notification in the [Federal Register:  9 July 2008 (Volume 73, Number 132)] [Notices] 
[Page 39289-39291] found online at http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2008/July/Day-
09/p15334.htm . 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 July 2009    
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on 
or before 8 September 2009. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Susan Stanton, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone num ber: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: 
stanton.susan@epa.gov. Please refe rence docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0478 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov