. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1174 
13 December 2005 
 (05-5902) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITES 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):  Various fruits and nuts  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Notice. Dodine 
Reregistration Eligibility Decision.  Available in English, 4 pages  
6. Description of content:  EPA has completed a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) 
for the pesticide, dodine.  Dodine is a fungi cide used primarily on fruits and nuts and is 
registered for control of a range of pathogenic fungi that affect a number of agricultural and 
some ornamental crops.  There are no registered residential uses of dodine.  
EPA has determined that the database to support reregistration is substantially complete and 
that products containing dodine are eligible  for reregistration provided the risks are 
mitigated in the manner described in the RED.  Upon submission of any required product-specific data and any necessary changes to the registration and labeling (either to address 
concerns identified in the RED or as a resu lt of product-specific data), EPA will make a 
final reregistration decision fo r products containing dodine.  
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,  [   ] 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: 
30 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229), Pages 71826-71829, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-30/p23420.htm  (Available in 
English)  G/SPS/N/USA/1174 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification number (ID) 
number OPP-2005-0266, must be receive d on or before 30 January 2006. 
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:  Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), 
Registration Division (7505C)   , Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001  
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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal 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; E-mail: fstsd@usda.gov