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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/283 
6 March 2006 
 (06-0967) 
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 – 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 pages of the notified document:  Annexes of the draft 
Commission Directive amending Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 
90/642/EEC as regards certain pesticides in a nd on cereals and certai n products of animal 
and plant origin (Document SANCO/10654/2005). 
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes change some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) due to the recent inclusion in Annex I to CD 91/414/EEC for tribenuron, 
milbemectin, acetemiprid, S-metholachlor, imazo sulfuron, thiacloprid and methoxyfenozide 
(Document SANCO/10654/2005). 
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 existing or new active substances where existing 
Community MRLs need to be changed or new on es to be set, to take account the inclusion 
into 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 
commodities exist for methoxyfenozide.  Those relevant were taken into account. G/SPS/N/EEC/283 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document:  (SANCO/10654/2005).  Wh en adopted it will be published at the 
Official Journal available at:  http://eur opa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2006
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2006. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Nine months after adoption at the latest. 
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: