. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1310 
12 May 2006 
 (06-2332) 
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):  Checkmate BAW Technical Pheromone  
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:  NOTICE.   Pesticide 
Product Registrations;  Conditional Approva l (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted 
to conditionally register the pesticide pr oducts Checkmate BAW Technical Pheromone 
containing a new active ingredient not include d in any previously registered products 
pursuant to federal law.  EPA issued a noti ce, published in the Federal Register of 
15 December 2005 which announced that the petitioner had submitted an application to 
conditionally register the pesticide produc t, Checkmate BAW Technical Pheromone, 
biochemical pheromone (attractant) for mating disruption of the Beet Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera exigua) (EPA File Symbol 56336- UT), containing (Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadien-1-
yl acetate at 87.66 per cent an active ingredie nt not included in any previously registered 
product. The application(s) were conditionally approve d on 13 March 2006, for an end-use product 
and a technical listed below: 
1.  Checkmate BAW Technical Pheromone.  For manufacturing use only.  EPA Reg. 
No. 56336-47. 
2.  Checkmate BAW-F.  End use product for direct application to the Beet Armyworm 
Moth.  EPA Reg. No. 56336-43.  
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   G/SPS/N/USA/1310 
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  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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
3 May 2006 (Volume 71, Number 85).  Pages 26086-26087.   
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-03/p6613.htm  (Available in 
English).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  Members are encouraged to submit their comments by 
3 June 2006 if possible.  
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 (7511C), 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, Acting, United Stat es SPS National Notification Authority, USDA 
Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, 
Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail fstsd@fas.usda.gov