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G/SPS/N/CAN/622 
21 June 2012  
 (12-3314) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Ag ency (PMRA), Health Canada 
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):  Pesticide Dimethomorph in or on vari ous food commodities (ICS Codes: 
65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.220) 
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:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Dimethomorph 
(PMRL2012-32)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-32 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limits (MRLs) for dimethomorph that have 
been proposed by Health Canada's Pest  Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
40  Hops (dried) 
30  Leafy vegetables (Crop Group 4), leafy greens (Crop Subgroup 5B) 15  Green onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07B) 
7.0  Raisins 
6.0  Head and stem Brassica (Crop Subgroup 5A) 3.0  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09), small fruit vine climbing, except  
fuzzy kiwifruit (Crop Subgroup 13-07F) 
0.6  Bulb onions (Crop Subgroup 3-07A) 
MRLs are proposed for each commodity in cluded in the listed crop groupings in 
accordance with the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (" http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/protect-pro teger/food-nourriture/rccg-gcpcr-eng.php ") in the 
Pesticides and Pest Management sec tion of Health Canada's website. G/SPS/N/CAN/622 
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  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   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
The table below compares the MRLs proposed for dimethomorph in Canada with 
corresponding established Codex MRLs. 
Food Commodity  Canadian MRL (ppm) Codex MRL (ppm) 
Hops (dried)    40   80 Leafy vegetables (Crop  
Group 4)   30   10 (Head lettuce, corn salad) 
Leafy greens (Crop  
Subgroup 5B)    30   Not Established 
Green onions (Crop  
Subgroup 3 07B)   15   Not Established 
R a i s i n s      7 . 0    5 . 0  
Head and stem Brassica  
(Crop Subgroup 5A)   6.0   2.0 (Head cabbages)        1 . 0  ( B r o c c o l i )         0 . 0 2  ( K o h l r a b i )  
Fruiting vegetables (Crop  
Group 8-09)   3.0   1.0 (Fruiting vegetables  other  
     than cucurbits) 
       5.0 (Chili peppers, dry) Small fruit vine climbing,  
except fuzzy kiwifruit  
(Crop Subgroup 13-07F)  3.0   2.0 (Grapes) 
Bulb onions (Crop  
Subgroup 3 07A)   0.6    Not Established 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2012-32, posted: 13 June 2012 (a vailable in English and French)  G/SPS/N/CAN/622 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL documen t on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 August 2012 
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:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2012-32/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-32/index-fra.php  
(French)