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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/261 
27 May 2005 
 (05-2158) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Co mmunities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Directorate D - Food Safety:  Production and Distribution 
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):  Naled (pesticide active substance ) CAS Number:  300-76-5 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the plant 
protection products concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision Concerning the Non-Inclusion of naled in Annex I to Council Directive 
91/414/EEC and the Withdrawal of  Authorisations for  Plant Protection Products Containing 
that Substance (SANCO/10022/2005 rev.2, 4 pages, English). 
6. Description of content:  Provides that naled is not included in the positive Community list 
and that Member States have to withdraw authorisations for plant protection products 
containing this substance.  This decision only concerns the placing on the market of this 
substance and does not affect the Community or national Maximum Re sidue Levels (MRLs) 
for residues of the concerned pesticide. 
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 
The harmonised framework for the authorisa tion and placing on the market of plant 
protection products (PPP) in th e EC is set by Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L230, 19 August 
1991 pp. 1-32).  This Directive provides for a pr ogramme, to be carried out over a period of 
12 years, for the gradual examination of the ac tive substances present on the EC market with 
the aim that only the substanc es with a favourable outcome on its evaluation be included in 
Annex I. 
Naled is a substance covered by the second stage of  this work programme.  For this substance 
the only notifier has formally declared to with draw its application from the review process. 
This decision does not prejudice the future submis sion of an application for naled in view of 
a possible inclusion in its Annex I.  See also G/SPS/GEN/557 of 29 March 2005. G/SPS/N/EEC/261 
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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:   
European Commission Document:  (SANCO/ 10022/2005 rev.2) available in English.  
Translation in all Community languages ongoing.   The English version is the reference 
document.  When adopted, it will be published in  the Official Journal which is available at: 
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html. 
G/SPS/GEN/557 of 29 March 2005 "Questions and answers on the procedure to obtain 
import tolerances and the Incl usion of Active substances fo r plant protection uses in the 
European Communities List".  Availa ble in http://docsonline.wto.org/ 
For more details on the PPP evaluation programme go to  
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/ protection/evaluation/index_en.htm 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   21 September 2005 
MS have to withdraw all existing authorizat ions for plant protec tion products containing 
naled 6 months afte r date of adoption 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification. 
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:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: