. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/402 
15 December 2009  
 (09-6519) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (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 azoxystrobin in or on cereal grains, edible-podded beans, succulent 
shelled beans and succulent shelled peas (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.060, 67.080) 
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: Azoxystrobin 
(PMRL2009-12)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  9 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2009-12 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum residue  limits (MRLs) for azoxystrobin, including 
the z-isomer, that have been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). 
MRL (ppm
) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.2  Succulent shelled English peas, su cculent shelled garden peas, succulent 
shelled green peas, succulent shelled peas, succulent shelled pigeon peas 
0.03  Barley, buckwheat, oats, pearl millet, popcorn grain, proso millet, rye, 
sorghum, teosinte, triticale, wheat, wild rice 
0.02  Edible-podded jackbeans, edible -podded moth beans, edible-podded runner 
beans, edible-podded snap beans, edible-podded soybeans, edible-podded 
swordbeans, edible-podded wax beans,  edible-podded yardlong beans, 
succulent shelled blackeyed peas, succ ulent shelled broad beans, succulent 
shelled cowpeas, succulent shelled lima  beans, succulent shelled southern 
peas  
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.    G/SPS/N/CAN/402 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)    
[X] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  PMRA web 
site:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pe st/part/consultati ons/index-eng.php , PMRL2009-12, 
posted: 8 December 2009 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five months from the 
posting of the Proposed MRL document on the PMRA web site. 
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) :  21 February 2010 
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/_pmrl2009-12/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2009-12/index-fra.php   
(French)