G/SPS/N/MAC/25  
 
6 May 2020  
(20-3447) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  MACAO, CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), The Government of the Macao 
Special Administrative Region  
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 appl icable):  Food 
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:  Regulamento Administrativo n.º 11/2020 Limites 
máximos de resíduos de pesticidas em géneros alimentícios (Maximum residue limits of 
pesticides in foodstuffs) . Language(s):  Chinese and Portuguese . 
Number of pages:  137 
https://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2020/17/rega -11-2020.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Regulamento Administrativo n.º 11/2020 Limites máximos 
de resíduos de pesticidas  em géne ros alimentícios  (The Administrative Regulation 
No. 11/2020 Maximum residue limits of pesticides in foodstuffs) is a food safety standard 
that regulates the levels of pesticide residues in food and agricultural commodities.  
This administrative regulation e stablishes the maximum residue limits and extraneous 
maximum residue limits of pesticides presenting in foodstuffs, as well as the list of 
pesticides exempted from maximum residue limits, as stipulated in the annexes to the 
regulation. In this administrati ve regulation, "pesticide" is defined as any substance 
intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling pests during the 
production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food, or which may be 
administered to animals  for the control of ectoparasites, including substances intended 
for use as plant -growth regulators, defoliants, desiccants, fruit thinning agents or 
sprouting inhibitors, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to 
prevent deteriorat ion during storage and transport, and excluding fertilizers, plant and 
animal nutrients, food additives and veterinary drugs.  
According to the administrative regulation, maximum residue limits and extraneous 
maximum residue limits of pesticides in foodstuf fs shall comply with the standards 
stipulated in the annexes.  
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/MAC/25  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides and 
Extraneous Maximum Resi due Limits  
[ ] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/m m/yy) : 15 April 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 27 April 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 28 April 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:   
For further information, please contact:  
Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macao, China  
Tel : +(853) 8296 9929  
Fax: +(853) 8296 9935  
E-mail: sps-dsa@iam.gov.mo   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
For further information, please contact:  
Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macao, China  
Tel : +(853) 8296 9929  
Fax: +(853) 8296 9935 
E-mail: sps-dsa@iam.gov.mo