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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/288 
20 July 2006 
 (06-3502) 
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 Communities.  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 European Communiti es (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending Annexes to Council Dir ective 90/642/EEC as regards the maximum 
residue levels of lambda-cyhalothrin, phe nmedipham, methomyl, linuron, tebuconazole, 
diazinone, pymetrozine, bifenthrin abamectin, the benomyl group and thiophanate-methyl 
(SANCO/10384/2006 rev 1).  
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes raise some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) for lambda-cyhalothrin, phenme dipham, methomyl, linuron, tebuconazole, 
diazinone, pymetrozine, bifenthrin abamectin , the benomyl group and thiophanate-methyl.  
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 are new and existing substances where existing Community MRLs need to be 
changed to take account of new or change d uses of the substances on specific crops.  
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 
commodities exist for methomyl, tebuconazole, diazinone, bifenthrin, abamectin, the 
benomyl group and thiophanate-methy.  Those relevant were taken into acc ount.  G/SPS/N/EEC/288 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document (
SANCO/10384/2006 rev1 ).  When adopted it will be published at 
the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eu r-lex/en/oj/index.html  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  As soon as possible.  
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: