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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/276 
1 December 2005 
 (05-5719) 
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 – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions.  
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 Council Directives 76/895/EEC, 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/10484/2005 rev 2)  
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes change some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) due to the recent inclusion in A nnex I to CD 91/414/EEC for desmedipham, 
phenmedipham and the recent exclusion but keeping of essential uses, of chlorfenvinphos from the same Annex.  
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   
There are existing active substances for whic h existing Community MRLs need to be 
changed to take into account the inclusion or not in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. 
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 co mmodities exist for chlorfenvinphos.  Those 
relevant were taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/276 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document:  (SANCO/10484/2005 rev 2).  When a dopted it will be published at 
the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-l ex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2005
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2006.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Nine months after adoption at the latest. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days afer 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 noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: