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G/SPS/N/USA/2234 
8 July 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Multiple products 
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:  Difenoconazole;  Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  7 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-15/html/2011-14770.htm  
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of 
difenoconazole in or on aspirated grain fractions;  carrot;  chickpea;  fruits, stone, group 12;  
soybean, hulls;  soybean, seed;  strawberry;  and turnip greens.  This final rule also 
increases the existing tolerances for cattle, liver;  goat, liver;  hog, liver;  horse, liver;  
sheep, liver;  and decreases the existing tole rerance for egg and revises the tolerance 
expression for animal commodities. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Codex maximum residue levels (MRLs) for residues of 
difenoconazole per se have been establis hed at 0.2 ppm for carrot; 0.02 ppm for 
soya bean (dry); 0.2 ppm for cherries and plums (including prunes); and 0.5 ppm 
for nectarines and peaches. Codex MRLs fo r residues of difenoconazole and its 
metabolite CGA-205375, expressed as difenoc onazole have been established at 
0.2 ppm for edible offal (mammalian) and 0.01 for eggs.  Based on the submitted/available magnitude of the resi due data, harmonization with established 
Codex MRLs is not possible for carrots, soya  bean (dry), cherries, plums (including 
prunes), nectarines, peaches, edible o ffal (mammalian), and eggs because the 
Codex MRLs are too low, due to differe nces in the use patterns, called Good 
Agricultural Practices or GAPs. G/SPS/N/USA/2234 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Codex applies to some, but not all, of the products listed. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 June 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 June 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 June 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Rose Mary Kearns, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  +(703) 305 5611;  E-mail address:  kearns.rosemary@epa.gov.  Please Reference docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0296. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov