G/SPS/N/MAC/26  
 
22 February 2023  
(23-1250) 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 applicable):  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:  Administrative Regulation No. 02/2023 Amendment to 
Administrative Regulation No. 11/2020 (Maximum residue limits of pesticides in 
foodstuffs) . Language(s):  Chinese an d Portuguese . Number of pages:  412 
https://images.io.gov.mo//bo/i/2023/07/rega -2-2023.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In order to ensure food safety and better supervise pesticide 
residues in food, amendments have been introduced to the Administrative Regulation 
No. 11/2020 Maximum residue limits of pesticides in foodstuffs) , expanding its scope of 
coverage on pesticides and categories of foodstuffs. The Administrative Regulation 
No. 02/2023, a food safety standard that regulates the levels of pesticide residues in food, 
amends the Administrative Regulation No. 11/2020 to replace the provisions of the 
attached tables and r evise the appendix to include Table 1 (List of maximum levels of 
pesticide residues in foodstuffs) and Table 2 (List of maximum limits of exogenous 
residues of pesticides in foodstuffs). This administrative regulation establishes 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 administrative 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, in cluding 
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 deterioration 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 foodstuffs shall comply with the standards st ipulated 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/26  
 
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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 Residue 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/mm/yy) : 11 January 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 February 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 14 February 2023  
[ ] 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 designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro No. 163 
Instituto para os Assuntos Municipais  
Tel: +(853) 8296 1111  
Fax: +(853) 8296 1114  
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 c ontact:  
Municipal Affairs Bureau  
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro No. 163 
Instituto para os Assuntos Municipais  
Tel: +(853) 8296 1111  
Fax: +(853) 8296 1114  
E-mail: sps-dsa@iam.gov.mo