. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/354 
25 November 2008  
 (08-5773) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide acequinocyl in or on various fruits, nuts and livestock commodities 
(ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum 
Residue Limit: Acequinocyl (PMRL2008-32) (ava ilable in English and French, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
The objective of the notified document PMRL2008-3 2 is to consult on the listed domestic and 
import maximum residue limits (MRLs) for acequinocyl, including the metabolite 
acequinocyl-OH, that have been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency 
(PMRA).  
MRL (ppm ) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
30  Citrus oil 0.5  Strawberries 
0.35  Citrus fruits (Crop Group 10; calamond ins, citrus citrons, citrus hybrids, 
grapefruits, kumquats, lemons, li mes, oranges, pummelos, satsuma 
mandarins, tangerines) 
0.3  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11; apples, crabapples, loquats, mayhaws, oriental 
pears, pears, quinces) 
0.02  Almonds; fat, meat and meat bypr oducts of cattle, goats , horses and sheep; 
milk; pistachios 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    G/SPS/N/CAN/354 
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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 langu age(s) in which these are available:    
PMRA web site: http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca /english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2008-32, 
posted: 19 November 2008 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Normally within four to five months from the posting of the 
Proposed MRL document on the PMRA web site. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted. 
12. Final date for comments:  2 February 2009 
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: 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/engl ish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-32-eng.pdf  (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/franca is/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-32-fra.pdf  (French)