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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/276 
8 January 2007 
 (07-0073) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Aminopyralid, Azoxystrobin, Bifenazate, Boscalid, Chloropicrin, 
Chlorothalonil, Clomazone, Clopyralid, Cloquintocet-mexyl, Cyprodinil, Difenoconazole, Dimethenamid, Diquat, Ethametsulfuron-me thyl, Fenamidone, Fenhexamid, Fluazifop-p-
butyl, Fludioxonil, Flufenacet, Imidacloprid, Lambda-Cyhalothrin, Metalaxyl, 
Myclobutanil, Pinoxaden, Prohexadione  calcium, Propamocarb, Propiconazole, 
Prothioconazole, Pymetrozine, Pyraclostrobi n, Pyridaben, Pyrimethanil, Quinoxyfen, 
Quizalofop-ethyl, S-Metolachlor, Spinosad, Spirodiclofen, Sulfuryl fluoride, Thiabendazole, Thiamethoxam, Trifloxystrobin (ICS: 65. 100, 65.020, 67.040)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not 
stated  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Transitioning the Legal 
Establishment of Maximum Residue Limits (MRL s) for Pesticides from the Food and Drugs 
Act to the Pest Control Products Act: Cons ultation on Proposed MRLs (Available in 
English, 56 pages; French, 63 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Currently, maximum residue limits  (MRLs) are legally established 
under the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) after consultation through the Canada Gazette . 
Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act  (FDA) (Bill C-28), anticipated to come into force 
in early 2007, will allow pesticide MR Ls to be legally established under the Pest Control 
Products Act (PCPA) without their having to be adopted by regulation under the FDA. 
The objective of this document is to consult on  those MRLs that have been proposed by the 
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) prior to the PCPA coming into force on 28 
June 2006 but have not yet been prepublished for comment in the Canada Gazette, Part I. 
Consultation is being initiated in advance of B ill C-28 coming into force so that the MRLs 
listed in this document can be legally estab lished as soon as possible after the FDA is 
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  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. 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:  Pest Management 
Regulatory Agency (PMRA) Web site; document dated: 20 December 2006   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date the measure is adopted  
12. Final date for comments:  18 February 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:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2006-01-e.pdf  (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/francais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2006-01-f.pdf  (French)