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G/SPS/N/CAN/593 
5 April 2012  
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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 Thiamethoxam in or on fruiting vegetables, except cucurbits (Crop 
Group 8) (ICS Codes:  65.020, 65.100, 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:  Thiamethoxam 
(PMRL2012-08)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  4 and 5 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2012-08 is to 
consult on the listed domestic maximum resi due limits (MRLs) for Thiamethoxam that 
have been proposed by Health Canada's P est Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).  
MRL (ppm) Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 
0.8  Tomato paste 0.25  Fruiting vegetables, except cucurbits (Crop Group 8) The MRLs are proposed to replace the generi c 0.02 ppm MRL currently established for all 
commodities without a specified MRL for thiamethoxam as captured by "All food 
crops (other than those listed in this item)". 
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)    G/SPS/N/CAN/593 
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  [ ] 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 MRLs proposed for thiamethoxam in Canada with the 
corresponding Codex MRLs. 
Food Commodity  Canadian MRL (ppm)  Codex MRL (ppm) 
Tomato paste    0.8     0.7* 
Fruiting vegetables, except  Cucurbits (Crop Group 8)  0.25     0.7 
* In the absence of a specified MRL for a pro cessed commodity, the MRL for the raw agricultural 
commodity (RAC), tomatoes, applies. Tomatoes are included in the fruiting vegetables crop group. 
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 , 
PMRL2012-08, posted 28 March 2012 (ava ilable 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 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) :  11 June 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/_pmrl2012-08/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2012-08/index-fra.php  
(French)