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G/SPS/N/USA/2362 
10 May 2012  
 (12-2375) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Multiple 
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:  Thiamethoxam;  Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  10 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/html/2012-4983.htm  
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of 
thiamethoxam in or on multiple commodities. 
(a) General. Tolerances are established fo r residues of the insecticide thiamethoxam, 
including its metabolites and degradates, in  or on the following commodities. Compliance 
with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only 
thiamethoxam 3-[(2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)meth yl]tetrahydro-5-methyl-N-nitro-4H-1,3,5-
oxadiazin-4-imine and its metabolite CGA-322704  N-[(2-chloro-thiazol-5-yl)methyl]-N'-
methyl-N''-nitro-guanidine, calculated as the stoi chiometric equivalent of thiamethoxam, in 
or on the following commodities: 
Commodity       Parts per million 
Alfalfa, forage       0.05 
Alfalfa, hay       0.12 Almond, hulls       1.2 
Artichoke, globe      0.45 
Avocado       0.40 B a r l e y ,  g r a i n        0 . 4  Barley, hay       0.40 B a r l e y ,  s t r a w        0 . 4 0  Bean, succulent       0.02 
Berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G, except cranberry  0.30 
Borage, seed       0.02 Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5-A    4.5 G/SPS/N/USA/2362 
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  Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5-B    3.0 
Buckwheat, forage      0.50 
Buckwheat, hay       0.02 Buckwheat, straw      0.02 Bushberry subgroup 13-07B, except lingonberry and   blueberry, lowbush      0.20 
C a n i s t e l        0 . 4 0  
Canola, seed       0.02 Cattle, meat       0.02 Cattle, meat by-products     0.04 Citrus, dried pulp      0.60 Coffee, bean, green \1\      0.05 
Corn, field, forage      0.10 
Corn, field, stover      0.05 Corn, pop, forage      0.10 Corn, pop, stover      0.05 Corn, sweet, forage      0.10 
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed  0.02 
Corn, sweet, stover      0.05 Cotton, gin by-products      1.5 Cotton, undelinted seed      0.10 C r a m b e ,  s e e d        0 . 0 2  Cranberry       0.02 
Flax, seed       0.02 
Food commodities and feed comm odities (other than those 
 covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on  growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments  0.02 Fruit, citrus, group 10      0.40 
Fruit, pome, group 11      0.2 
Fruit, small, vine climbing, subgroup 13-07F, except fuzzy   K i w i f r u i t        0 . 2 0  Fruit, stone, group 12      0.5 G o a t ,  m e a t        0 . 0 2  Goat, meat by-products      0.04 
Grain, aspirated fractions     2.0 
Grain, cereal, group 15, except barley    0.02 G r a p e ,  r a i s i n        0 . 3 0  Hog, meat       0.02 Hog, meat by-products      0.02 
Hop, dried cones      0.10 
H o r s e ,  m e a t        0 . 0 2  Horse, meat by-products     0.04 M a n g o         0 . 4 0  M i l k         0 . 0 2  
Millet, pearl, forage      0.02 
Millet, pearl, stover      0.02 Millet, proso, forage      0.02 Millet, proso, stover      0.02 Millet, proso, straw      0.02 O a t ,  f o r a g e        0 . 5 0  
Oat, hay       0.02 
O a t ,  s t r a w        0 . 0 2   G/SPS/N/USA/2362 
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  P e a n u t         0 . 0 5  
Peanut, hay       0.25 
Peanut, meal       0.15 Peppermint, tops      1.5 P i s t a c h i o        0 . 0 2  P o t a t o         0 . 2 5  
Radish, tops       0.80 
Rapeseed, seed       0.02 R y e ,  f o r a g e        0 . 5 0  R y e ,  s t r a w        0 . 0 2  Sapodilla       0.40 Sapote, black       0.40 
Sapote, mamey       0.40 
Sheep, meat       0.02 Sheep, meat by-products     0.04 Sorghum, forage      0.02 Sorghum, grain, stover      0.02 
S o y b e a n ,  h u l l s        0 . 0 8  
Spearmint, tops       1.5 Star apple       0.40 Sunflower       0.02 T o m a t o ,  p a s t e        0 . 8 0  Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9     0.2 
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8     0.25 
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4   4.0 Vegetable, legume, group 6     0.02 Vegetable, root, subgroup 1A     0.05 Vegetable, tuberous and corm, except potato, subgroup 1D 0.02 
W h e a t ,  f o r a g e        0 . 5 0  
Wheat, hay       0.02 W h e a t ,  s t r a w        0 . 0 2  
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)    
[ ] 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:   EPA is increasing the barley grain tolerance to 0.4 ppm in order 
to harmonize with the Codex MRL of 0.4 pp m. The MRL expressions continue to remain 
different, as the Codex MRL is for the parent compound only. G/SPS/N/USA/2362 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2012 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Gene Benbow, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0235; email address: 
Benbow.Gene@epa.gov 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.s psenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov