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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/351 
25 November 2008  
 (08-5783) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide chlorothalonil in or on cucu rbit vegetables (ICS Codes: 65.020, 
65.100, 67.080) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit:  Chlorothalonil (PMRL2008-29) (available in English and French, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
The objective of the notified document PMRL2008-29  is to consult on th e listed domestic 
maximum residue limits  (MRLs) for chlorothalonil, incl uding its metabolite SDS-3701, that 
have been proposed by the Pest Ma nagement Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
These proposed MRLs extend the 5.0 ppm MRL established in or on cucumbers, melons, 
pumpkins and squash to all cucurbit vegetable commodities in Crop Group 9.  
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
5.0   Balsam apples, balsam pears, cantaloupes*, chayote fruit, Chinese 
cucumbers, Chinese waxgourds, citron me lons*, edible gourds (other than 
those listed in this item), muskmelons* (o ther than those listed in this item), 
summer squash**, watermelons*, West Indian gherkins a nd winter squash** 
*existing 5.0 ppm MRL for “melons” is to be replaced by the specified melon commodities. 
**existing 5.0 ppm MRL for “squash” is to be replaced by the specified squash commodities . 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    G/SPS/N/CAN/351 
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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:   
The proposed Canadian MRLs ar e consistent with the corr esponding 5.0 ppm Codex MRLs 
for chlorothalonil in or on cucumber, summer sq uash and winter squash but differs from the 
2.0 ppm Codex MRL in or on melons, except watermelon.  
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:    
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) web site http://www.pmra-
arla.gc.ca/english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2008-29, posted: 19 Nove mber 2008 (available in 
English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within four to five months from the posting of the 
Proposed MRL document on the PMRA web site. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted. 
12. Final date for comments:  2 February 2009 
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: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-29-eng.pdf  (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-29-fra.pdf  (French)