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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/AUS/175 
31 March 2005 
 (05-1305) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Foods in general. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
Countries.  Imported (as well as domestica lly produced) foods sold in Australia . 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Assessment Reports for 
Maximum Residue Limits Application:  A547  (available in English, 38 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This Application (A547) seeks to amend MRLs for non-antibiotic 
agricultural and veterinary chemicals in Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code  (the 
Code).  The MRL amendments unde r consideration in this Application are: the changing of 
the residue definitions for abamectin, dinitolmide, fluometuron and imidacloprid; the addition of MRLs for the new chemicals fenbuc onazole and flumioxazin;  the deletion of 
all entries for the chemical fenchlorazole-eth yl;  the changing of MRLs for certain foods 
for the azoxystrobin, chlorothalonil, cypr oconazole, difenoconazole, dithiocarbamates, 
etoxazole, fluazifop-butyl, imidacloprid, methidathion, spinosad and trifloxystrobin; and the addition of temporary MRLs for certa in foods for the chemicals abamectin, 
azoxystrobin, chlorpyrifos, dimethomorph and spinosad. 
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. 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Australia New 
Zealand Food Standards Code (English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Notification to Government anticipated in June 2005 with 
adoption (gazettal) to follow, pending Government consideration. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Date of Gazettal pending Government consideration. G/SPS/N/AUS/175 
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 12. Final date for comments:  20 May 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Standards Aust ralia New Zealand 
PO Box 7186 
Canberra BC  ACT  2610 Australia Fax:  + 61 2 6271 2278 E-mail:  info@foodstandards.gov.au
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available fro m the Food Standards Austra lia New Zeala nd website: 
www.foodstandards.gov.au/standardsdevelopment .   
Copies are also available from: 
The Australian SPS Contact  Point GPO Box 858 CANBERRA  ACT  2601 
AUSTRALIA 
Fax:  +61 2 6272 3678 Email:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au