G/SPS/N/USA/3233  
 
15 March 2021  
(21-2099) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency  
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):  Almond, hulls; Cattle, fat; Cattle, meat; Corn, field, grain; Corn, 
sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed; Corn, sweet, stover; Egg; Goat, fat; Go at, 
meat; Grain, aspirated fractions; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, 
forage, except rice; Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, hay, except rice; 
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, stover, except rice; Gr ain, cereal 
forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, straw, except rice; Grain, cereal group 15, except 
rice and corn; Hog, fat; Hog, meat; Horse, fat; Horse, meat; Milk; Nut, tree, group 14 -
12; Poultry, fat; Poultry, meat; Sheep, fat; Sheep, meat; Cattle, mea t by-products; Goat, 
meat by -products; Horse, meat by -products; Hog, meat by -products; Poultry, meat by -
products; Sheep, meat by -products  
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:  Fluindapyr; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  7 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-09/html/2021 -04786.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluindapyr 
in or on multiple commodities.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect terri tory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/USA/323 3 
 
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  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:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-05-09/html/2019 -09491.htm  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2021  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designa ted to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Michael L. Goodis, P.E., Director, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, E nvironmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC 20460 -0001; Main telephone number: +(703) 305 7090; E -mail: 
RDFRNotices@epa.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-03-09/html/2021 -04786.htm