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G/SPS/N/CAN/607 
29 May 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide Fluopicolide in or on va rious commodities (ICS Codes: 65.020, 
65.100, 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Fluopicolide 
(PMRL2012-16)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 and 6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-16 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for Fluopicolide that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
25  Leaf vegetables, except Brassica (Crop Group 4)*  
15  Leaves of root and tuber vegetables (Crop Group 2) 7.0  Bulb vegetables (Crop Group 3-07) 
5.0  Brassica head and stem vegetables (Crop Subgroup 5A) 
0.15  Root vegetables, except sugar beet (Crop Subgroup 1B; except carrot 
roots) 
0.02  Potatoes 
*The MRL is proposed to replace the 16 ppm MRLs currently established for head lettuce and leaf 
lettuce and will add MRLs for the remaining crop group commodities. 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (" http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-pro teger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ") in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management se ction of Health Canada website. G/SPS/N/CAN/607 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The MRLs proposed for Fluopicolide in Canada differ from 
corresponding established Codex MRLs in accordance with the following table: 
Food Commodity   Canadian MRL (ppm)   Codex MRL (ppm) 
Leafy vegetables, except  
Brassica (Crop Group 4)  25    30 (Leafy vegetables) 
        2 0  ( C e l e r y )  
Bulb vegetables (Crop  
Group 3-07)    7.0     10 (Onion, Welsh) 
        1 . 0  ( O n i o n ,  B u l b )  Brassica head and stem  
vegetables (Crop  
Subgroup 5A)    5.0    7.0 (Cabbages, Head) 
        2.0 (Flowerhead brassicas 
        (includes Broccoli:          Broccoli, Chinese and          C a u l i f l o w e r ) )  
        0.2 (Brussels sprouts) 
Leaves of root and tuber  
vegetables (Crop Group 2)  15     Not Established 
Root vegetables, except  
sugar beet (Crop  Subgroup 1B; except carrot  
roots)     0.15     Not Established 
Potatoes    0.02     Not Established 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-16, posted: 22 May 2012  (a vailable in English and French)   G/SPS/N/CAN/607 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 August 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2012-16/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-16/index-fra.php  
(French)