. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/398 
12 April 2011  
 (11-1824) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health & Consumers Directorate-General 
Directorate E - Safety of the Food Chain 
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):  HS Code(s): Cereals: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008. 
Foodstuffs of animal origin:  0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210. 
Certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables 
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:  Annexes of the Draft Commission Regulation amending 
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of th e European Parliament and of the Council 
of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels  of pesticides in or on food and feed of 
plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC 
Language(s):  English   Number of pages:  15 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/EEC/11_1072_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In this draft annex to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the 
maximum residue levels (MRLs) for certain commodities are changed, either increased or lowered for:  acetamiprid, formetanate and ioxynil.  There are higher MRLs set to 
accommodate new uses in the Eu ropean Union but also lower MRLs after updating the 
limit of determinations and/or  deleting old uses which are not  anymore authorised in the 
European Union or on which there are not enough data to be supported. 
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)    G/SPS/N/EEC/398 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] 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:  "Regulation 
(EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament  and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on 
maximum residue levels of pestic ides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and 
amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC"   
"http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CONSLEG:2005R0 396:20080410:EN:PDF " 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  June 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  March 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  11 June 2011.  Comments only to updated MRLs (in bold 
in attached annexes). 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 - In ternational questions (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel:  + 322 29 68185/59922 
Fax:  + 322 2998090 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
European Commission  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 - In ternational questions (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101 
B-1049 Brussels 
Tel:  + 322 29 68185/59922 Fax:  + 322 2998090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu