. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/389 
29 October 2010 
 (10-5734) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities. Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General Directorate E - Safety of the Food Chain 
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 (HS Codes:  1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), 
foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes:  0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 
0209, 0210) and certain products of plan t origin, including fruit and vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Commission Regulation amending certain Annexes 
to Regulation 396/2005/EEC, as regards maximu m residue levels for captan, carbendazim 
and benomyl, cyromazine, fenamiphos, pirimiphos  methyl, thiophanate methyl, triasulfuron 
(SANCO 10108/2010 rev. 1)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  32 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_3964_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft directive changes some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) for captan, carbendazim and benomyl, cyromazine, fenamiphos, pirimiphos 
methyl, thiophanate methyl and triasulfuron .  
This notification informs about the MRL cha nges (in bold) for each of these substances 
above mentioned, compared with  the latest MRLs published. 
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.  New risk assessments for all the substances above mentioned have 
been performed to take into account the cha nges in the toxicological endpoints or the 
revocation uses at EU level, which raise c oncern for certain, commodities.  In those 
particular cases, the MRLs have been set lower.  
Information about the risk assessments perform ed by the European Food Safety Authority 
(EFSA) could be obtained at:   "http://registerofquestions.efsa.europa.eu/ roqFrontend/questionsList.jsf?nocache=12294256
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  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 number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  When adopted 
it will be published in the Official Journa l of the European Union available at:  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  April 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  April 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  28 December 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 - In ternational questions (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 
B 1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +322 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +322 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
European Commission  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 - In ternational questions (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 B 1049 Brussels Tel.:  +322 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +322 29 98090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu