. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/259 
8 April 2005 
 (05-1464) 
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 Communities, Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General  Directorate E – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions 
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):  Cereals (CN 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of 
animal origin (CN 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204,  0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0210) and certain 
products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the Europ ean Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending Council Directive 90/642/EEC and 86/362/EECas regards the  
maximum residue levels of kresoxim-methyl , the benomyl group, cyromazine, diquat, 
metalaxyl and azoxystrobin fixed therein (SANCO/10652/2004). 
6. Description of content:  In this draft proposal for a Directive, Existing Community MRLs 
of these substances need to be changed to take account of new or changed uses of the 
substances on specific crops. 
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 
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 benomyl group , cyromazine, diquat,  and metalaxyl.  Those relevant 
were taken into account. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document:  (SANCO/10652/2004) ava ilable in all EC languages.  When 
adopted it will be published at the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-
lex/en/oj/index.html G/SPS/N/EEC/259 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Around the end of July 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Twenty days after the publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Union.  
Note : To allow time for adaptation, the provisions in the Directive shall be applicable 18 
months after its publication in th e Official Journal of  the European Union, this is to say, 
around two years from the date of notification. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
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 notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: