WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/373 
9 April 2010 
 (10-1869) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health & Consumers Directorate-General 
Directorate E Safety of the Food 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):  Cereals (HS Codes:  1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), 
foodstuffs of animal origin (HS Codes:  0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 
0209, 0210) and certain products of plan t origin, including fruit and vegetables 
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:  Annexes of the draft Commission Regulation amending 
Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards maximum residue levels  for certain pesticides in or on certain 
products  Language:  English  Number of pages:  42 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_1429_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_1429_01_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/EEC/10_1429_02_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  At these draft annexes (Annexes II or III to Regul ation 396/2005) 
the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for certain commodities are increased for:  aminopyralid, azoxystrobin, boscalid, buprofezi n, chlorantraniliprole, cypermethrin, 
cyprodinil difenoconazole flusilazole, fosetyl, imidacloprid indoxacarb, isoxaflutole, ethephon, fenitrothion, lambda-cyhalothrin, mandipropamid, metazachlor, methomyl, 
profenofos, prothioconazole, pyraclostrobin,  spinetoram, spirotetramat, tebuconazole, 
thiacloprid, triadimefon, triadimenol and trifloxystrobin. 
For sulphur no MRLs are needed.  It has been  added in alphabetical order to Annex IV to 
Regulation 396/2005, so those substances on which the setting of any MRLs is not needed. 
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.  These new MRLs are set to accommodate new uses at the European 
Union and at third countries which export those commodities to the European Union. G/SPS/N/EEC/373 
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  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) ALINORM 09/32/REP – The Codex Alimentarius Commission 
(CAC) during its 32
nd Session (29 June - 4 July  2009) adopted the Codex 
Maximum Residue Limits (CXLs) for azoxystrobin, buprofezin, 
chlorantraniliprole, cypermethrin, flusilazole, imidacloprid, lambda-cyhalothrin, 
mandipropamid, methomyl, profenof os, prothioconazole, spinetoram, 
spirotetramate, tebuconazole, triadimefon and triadimenol.  These CXLs have been 
included by this Regulation as EU MRLs, with the exception of those CXLs which 
are not safe for a European consumer group and for which the European Union 
presented a reservation during the CAC. 
[ ] 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?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  When adopted 
it will be published in the Official Journal available at:  http://eur-lex.europa.eu    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  April 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  April 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  June 2010 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  8 June 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
European Commission 
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922 Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu  G/SPS/N/EEC/373 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
European Commission  
DG Health and Consumers, Unit D3 – In ternational questions  (multilateral)  
Rue Froissart 101, B-1049 Brussels 
Tel:  +(32 2) 29 68185/59922 
Fax:  +(32 2) 29 98090 E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu