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G/SPS/N/CAN/582 
6 January 2012  
 (12-0028) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
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):  Pesticide pyrimethanil in or on bulb vegetables (Crop Group 3) (ICS Codes:  
65.020, 65.100, 67.080) 
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:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Pyrimethanil 
(PMRL2011-53)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  4 and 5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2011-53 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for pyrimethanil that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
2.0  Green onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07B, except green onions*) 0.1  Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A, except dry bulb onions**) 
* Excepted from this MRL action as the same 2.0 ppm MRL is already established for green  onions. 
** Excepted from this MRL action as the same 0.1 ppm MRL is already established for dry  bulb 
onions.  
MRLs are proposed for each food commodity  included in the bulb vegetable crop 
subgroups in accordance with the Resi due Chemistry Crop Groups webpage in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management sec tion of Health Canada's website. 
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.    G/SPS/N/CAN/582 
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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?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The proposed Canadian MRLs for pyrimethanil differ from the 
corresponding Codex MRLs in or on spring on ions (3.0 ppm) and bulb onions (0.2 ppm). 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2011-53, posted: 15 December 2011  (available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  28 February 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2011-53/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2011-53/index-fra.php  
(French)