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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1958 
12 October 2009  
 (09-4933) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Bananas 
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:  Thiram; Pesticide Tolerance  Language:  English  
Number of pages:  6   
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of thiram, 
tetramethylthiuram disulfide, in or on banana at 0.80 ppm. 
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:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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:  The Codex Alimentarius has es tablished MRLs, for "total 
dithiocarbamates, determined and expressed as mg carbon disulfide per kg" in banana of 
2 mg/kg.  As US tolerances are established on the individual dithiocarbamates, compatibility is not possible with the proposed tolerance. G/SPS/N/USA/1958 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  This final rule 
is available at [Federal Register:  23 Se ptember 2009 (Volume 74, Number 183)] [Rules 
and Regulations] [Page 48386-48391] or on-line at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-
PEST/2009/September/ Day-23/p22520.htm .  This final rule was published subsequent to a 
notice in the  [Federal Register:  27 June  2007 (Volume 72, Number 123)] [Notices] [Page 
35237-35242] http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-27/p12036.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  23 September 2009   
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  23 September 2009   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  23 September 2009   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  23 November 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Bryant Crowe, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; tel:  (703) 305-0025; E-mail address: 
crowe.bryant@epa.gov. Please refere nce docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0020. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov