. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1458 
9 November 2006 
 (06-5381) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  
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):   Corn on field corn, sweet corn, and popcorn.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Final rule.  Bacillus 
Thuringiensis Modified Cry3A Protein and the Genetic Material Necessary for Its Production in Corn; Exemption from the Requireme nt of a Tolerance (Available in English, 
4 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes a permanent exemption from the 
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry3A protein 
(mCry3A) and the genetic material necessary fo r its production in corn on field corn, sweet 
corn, and popcorn when applied/used as a plan t-incorporated protectant.  This regulation 
eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Bacillus 
thuringiensis modified Cry3A protein (mCry3A) and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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/USA/1458 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
1 November 2006 (Volume 71, Number 211).  Pages 64128-64132. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2006/November/Day-01/p18223.htm  
Available in English. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 1 November 2006.  EPA 
previously published notice of this measure in the Federal Register of 27 October 2004 
(69 FR 62688) (FRL-7370-1).  One comment was received in response to the notice 
supporting the petition.  
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 2 January 2007.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office 
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Prot ection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ms Deborah Thompson, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov