WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/382 
29 July 2010 
 (10-4071) 
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):  Cereals (HS Codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), 
foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 
0209, 0210) and certain products of plan t 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 
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/20 05 of the 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 a nd amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC  Language:  
English  Number of pages:  32  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2946_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In these draft annexes (Annexes II or III to Regulation 396/2005) 
the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for certain commodities are increased for:  acequinocyl, bentazone, carbendazim, cyfluthr in, fenamidone, fenazaquin, flonicamid, 
flutriafol, imidacloprid, ioxynil, metconazole , prochloraz, prothioconazole, tebufenozide 
and thiophanate-methyl.  In these draft anne xes these new MRLs are set to accommodate 
new uses in the European Union and in thir d countries which export those commodities to 
the European Union. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EEC/382 
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  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 Limits (MRLs) for some commodities 
exist for: bentazone, carbendazim, cyfluthrin, imidacloprid, prochloraz, prothioconazole, tebufenozide and thiophana te-methyl.  Those MRLs relevant were 
taken into account. 
[ ] 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?   
 [X] 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) :  November 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  November 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  November 2010 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 September 2010.  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  G/SPS/N/EEC/382 
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  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