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G/SPS/N/CAN/590 
12 March 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticide Ametoctradin in or on va rious food commodities (ICS Codes:  
65.020, 65.100, 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Ametoctradin 
(PMRL2012-06)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-06 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Ametoctradin that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
50  Leafy Brassica greens (C rop Subgroup 5B); spinach 
40  Leafy vegetables, except Brassica (Crop Group 4, except spinach) 20  Green onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07B) 
10  Hops 
9.0  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 8.0  Raisins 4.0  Small fruit vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F) 3.0  Cucurbit vegetables (Crop Group 9) 
1.5  Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A); fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-
09) 
0.05  Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C) 
0.02  Eggs; fat, meat and meat bypr oducts of cattle, goa ts, hogs, horses, poultry 
and sheep; milk G/SPS/N/CAN/590 
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  MRLs are proposed for each food commodity included in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Gr oups webpage in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of H ealth Canada's website. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  : Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-06, posted: 6 March 2012  (in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada's website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 May 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2012-06/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-06/index-fra.php  
(French)