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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/299 
30 October 2006 
 (06-5201) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Co mmunities, Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General, Directorate E - Safety of the Food Chain.  
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):   Cereals (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of 
animal origin (0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member states of the Europ ean Communities and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Annexes of the draft 
Commission Directive amending Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 
90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels fo r certain pesticides in and on cereals and 
certain products of animal and plant origin (SANCO/10230/2006 rev 3).  
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes set new EC maximum residue levels (MRLs) 
due to the recent inclusion in Annex I to CD 91/414/EEC for etoxazole, indoxacarb, MCPA, 
MCPB, tepraloxydim, mesosulfuron, tolyfluani d, triticonazole, and 1-methylcyclopropene 
(document SANCO/10230/2006 rev 3).  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
These active substances did not have Community MRLs before the inclusion to Annex I to 
Directive 91/414/EEC.  In this Draft Directive these new MRLs are set. 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
Codex maximum residue limits for some commoditi es exist for tolyfluanid.  Those relevant 
were taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/299 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document (
SANCO/10230/2006 rev 3 ).  When adopted it will be published in 
the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-l ex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2006  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2007.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Nine months after adoption at the latest. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: