. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1125 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4359) 
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):  Artichoke, globe  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE.  
Myclobutanil; Re-Establishment of a Tolera nce for Emergency Exemption (Available in 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This regulation re-establishes a time-limited tolerance for 
combined residues of the fungicide myclobutan il and its metabolite in or on artichoke, globe 
at 1.0 parts per million (ppm).  This tolera nce will expire and is revoked on 31 December 
2007.  
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   
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: 
21 September 2005 Volume 70, Number 182, pages 55260-55262, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-21/p18417.htm  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   G/SPS/N/USA/1125 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effectiv e 21 September 2005.  EPA 
issued a final rule, published in the Fe deral Register of 16 September 1998 which 
announced that on its own initiative it established a time-limited tolerance for the combined 
residues of myclobutanil in or on artichoke, gl obe at 1.0 ppm, with an expiration date of 
31 July 2000.  This time-limited tolerance was subsequently extended via Federal Register 
final rules published on:  15 September 2000, which extended the tolerance until 31 July 
2002, and 17 July 2002, which extende d the tolerance until 30 June 2005. 
12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 21 November 2005 identified by  docket ID number OPP-2005-0248. 
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:  Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.  
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. Julie Morin, United States 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;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov