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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1541 
7 May 2007 
 (07-1878) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
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):   Various  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of  the notified document:  FINAL RULE.  
Plant-Incorporated Protectants;  Potential Revisions to Current Production Regulations 
(available in English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  In light of the differences between plant-incorporated protectants 
(PIPs) and other types of pesticides, EPA is considering amendm ents to the current 
pesticide establishment and production re gulations promulgate d under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Ac t (FIFRA), and to other related FIFRA 
regulations as needed for producers of PIPs.  PI Ps are pesticidal substances that are intended 
to be produced and used in a living plant, or  the produce thereof, and the genetic material 
necessary for the production of such a pesticid al substance, and also include any inert 
ingredient contained in the plant, or the produ ce thereof.  Given these characteristics, it is 
possible that PIPs may not be produced in  the manner contemplated when the current 
establishment and production regulations were prom ulgated for other types of pesticide.  In 
this document, the Agency provides a list of the general regulatory provisions applicable to 
PIPs that EPA is considering amending and so licits public comment on the completeness of 
the list and the scope of any potential chang es to these regulations.  EPA also is soliciting 
information that may be useful to EPA as it reviews these regulations and developing the 
proposed rules.  In addition to soliciting comme nts through this document, EPA intends to 
solicit stakeholder input through two public  meetings during the comment period 
established by this document. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests   G/SPS/N/USA/1541 
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8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
4 April 2007 (Volume 72, Number 64) Proposed Rules Page 16312-16315; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2007/April/Day-04/p6151.htm. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This is an advance notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
which may or may not result in further regulatory action. 
12. Final date for comments:  Comments must be received on or before 13 June 2007, and 
may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1003. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001.  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
United States SPS National Notification Authorit y, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250; Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  2 02-690-0677;  E-mail: fstsd@fas.usda.gov.