. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1124 
30 September 2005 
 (05-4358) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Tomatoes.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
U.S. trade partners.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE . 
Iprovalicarb; Pesticide Tolerance (Available in English, 5 pages).  
6. Description of content:  In this final rule, EPA establis hes the tolerance established for 
residues of iprovalicarb, [[1-methylethyl [(1S)-2-methyl-1-[[[1-(4-methylphenyl) ethyl] amino] carbonyl] propyl carbamate, in or on tomatoes at 1.0 ppm.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] 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:  Iprovalicarb is not in the Codex system. The 
Agency is recommending a 1.0 ppm tolerance on tomatoes in order to harmonize with the existing 1.0 mg/kg provisional maximum residue limit (MRL) for iprovalicarb on tomatoes in the European Union.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
21 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 182) Pages 55277-55282 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/September/Day-21/p18828.htm  Available in 
English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effectiv e 21 September 2005.  EPA 
published a notice of a proposed rule on 8 April 2005. G/SPS/N/USA/1124 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or 
before 21 November 2005 identified by  docket ID number OPP-2005-0074. 
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:  Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  Email:  fstsd@usda.gov