. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/98 
1 February 2007 
 (07-0440) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
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):   Fruits, vegetables and tea.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries exporting the products concerned to  the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Revocati on of Pesticide from List of Pesticide MRLs 
Omitted (Available in English, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
1. The draft establishes the pesticide MRLs fo r Acetamiprid on radishes and sweet sops; 
Boscalid on strawberries, Clothianidin on tea, Cyhalothrin on drupe, fruit vegetables, melons and pome, Cyprodinil on strawberri es, Dinotefuran on radishes and vegetable 
soybeans, Emamectin benzoate on vegeta ble soybeans, Famoxadone on bananas, 
Flonicamid on baby cucumbers and cucumber s, Fludioxonil on strawberries, Gibberellic 
acid on celeries, Glufosinate ammonium on Indian jujubes, Iprodione on papayas and 
root, bulb and tuber vegetables, Metconazole  on peanuts, Penoxsulam on rice, Phosmet 
on citrus, fruit vegetables, ma ngos, melon vegetables, peas and beans, root, bulb and 
tubler vegetables and sweet sops, Propamocar b hydrochloride on baby cucumbers and 
cucumbers, Pyraclostrobin on mangos and t ea, Thiamethoxam on vegetable soybeans, 
Trifloxystrobin on cantaloupes and grapes. 
2. The pesticide of Gibberellin A3 is proposed to  be revoked form List of Pesticide MRLs 
Omitted since this pesticid e MRL was established. 
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   G/SPS/N/TPKM/98 
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  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:  Draft of Pesticide 
Residue Limits in Foods and Proposed Re vocation of Pesticide Residue Limits 
(26 January 2007, Food No. 0960400769) av ailable in English from the National 
Notification Authority, National Enquiry Point,  and Department of Health.  The amendment 
will be published in the Official Government Ga zette when adopted.  The full texts may be 
downloaded from the following website: http://food.doh.gov.tw/english/Ac ts_Regulations/Proposed.asp 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  
12. Final date for comments:  20 March 2007. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext 349 
Fax:  886-2-23929723 
E-mail:  fskaoit@doh.gov.tw
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 Tel:  (+886) 2 23210151 ext 349 
Fax:  (+886) 2 23929723 
E-mail:  fskaoit@doh.gov.tw