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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/300 
21 December 2006 
 (06-6130) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 Co mmunities. Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General  Directorate E – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions.  
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):   Carrots (HS 070610), Celeriac (HS 070940), Egg (HS 0407 and 0408), 
Kidney - except poultry (HS 0206), Leeks (HS 070390), Lettuce (HS 070519), Liver -
except poultry (HS 0206), Milk (HS 0401 to 0405), Muscle - except poultry (HS 0201 to 
0210), Oilseeds (HS 1201 to 12088), Papaya (HS 080720), Parsnip (HS 070609), Raspberries (HS 081120), Spinach (H S 0709 and 0710), Tea (HS 0902), Witloof 
(HS 070521).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communiti es (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  SANCO 
Doc 10602/2006 rev 3 Draft Commission Directive amending Annexes to Council Directive 
86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the maximum residue levels of azoxystrobin, 
chlorfenapyr, folpet, iprodione, lambda-cyhalot hrin, maleic hydrazide and trifloxystrobin  
(16 pages) Annex III summarizes the changes introduced.  
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes raise some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) for azoxystrobin, chlorfenapyr, folpet, iprodione, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide and trifloxystrobin. 
Compared with existing conditions, greater MRLs are allowed (see annex III to Sanco 
doc. 10602/2006 rev 3).  
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   
These are new and existing substances where existing Community MRLs need to be 
changed to take account of new or change d uses of the substances on specific crops. G/SPS/N/EEC/300 
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  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 limits for some commodities exist for folpet, iprodione, cyhalothrin, 
maleic hydrazide and trifloxystrobin.  Those relevant were taken into acc ount. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Annex III to 
European Commission document: SANCO/10602/2006 rev 3 Draft Commission Directive amending Annexes to Council Directive 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC as regards the maximum residue levels of azoxystrobin, chlorfenapyr, folpet, iprodione, lambda-
cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide and trifloxystrobin  (16 pages) 
Note:  Documents relevant to pesticide residues legislation are available 
http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/protection/pesticides/index_en.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2007.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  As soon as possible af ter date of adoption. 
12. Final date for comments:  This is a trade facilitation measure so comments period does not 
apply.  
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:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: