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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/285 
3 April 2006 
 (06-1535) 
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 Comm unities.  Health and 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 Communities (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 Directive 90/642/ EEC as regards the maximum residue levels 
of trifloxystrobin, thiabendazole, abamectin , benomyl, carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, 
myclobutanyl, glyphosate, trimethylsulfoni um, fenpropimorph and chlormequat fixed 
therein (SANCO/10106/2006). 
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes raise some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) for trifloxystrobin, thiabendazole, abamectin, benomyl, carbendazim, thiophanate-
methyl, myclobutanyl, glyphosate, trimethyls ulfonium, fenpropimorph and chlormequat. 
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 all of these pesticides except for trifloxystrobin and 
trimethylsulfonium.  Those rele vant were taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/285 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document:  (SANCO/10106/2006).  Wh en adopted it will be published at the 
Official Journal available at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2006
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  July 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 noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail:  sps@cec.eu.int