. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/71 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0073) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
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):  Fruits 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries exporting the products concerned to  Chinese Taipei 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Revocation of Pesticide Residue Limits (Available in 
English, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:   
1. The draft establishes the pesticide MRLs for bifenthrin on mangoes;  bromopropylate on 
loquats;  chlorpyrifos on litchis;  famoxa done on bananas;  flus ilazol on bananas; 
novaluron on corns;  and tolyfluanid on strawberries. 
2. The MRL for the pesticide chlorpyrifos on drupe is proposed to be revoked since the 
pesiticide only can be used on litchis in Chin ese Taipei, and the MRL for this pesticide 
on litchis is already established.  
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. 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:   G/SPS/N/TPKM/71 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Re vocation of Pesticid e Residue Limits 
(27 December 2005, Food No. 0940410724) (A vailable in English from the National 
Notification Authority, National Enquiry Point, and Department of Health).  The amendment 
will be published in the Official Government  Gazette when adopted.  The full texts may be 
downloaded from the following website:  http ://food.doh.gov.tw/chinese /ruler/draft1-1.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  20 February 2006 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health  12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext 349 
 Fax:  886-2-23929723  E-mail:  fskaoit@doh.gov.tw
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health  12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext 349 
 Fax:  886-2-23929723  E-mail:  fskaoit@doh.gov.tw