. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1026 
17 January 2005 
 (05-0179) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Legume vegetables, root vegetables (except sugar beet), strawberries, 
bushberries, juneberries, lingonberries, salal, cranberries, spearmint, peppermint, rapeseed, 
mustard, flax, safflower, crambe, borage, radish tops and potatoes. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
US trade partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Final Rule:  
Thiamethoxam;  Pesticide Tolerance, (available in English, 13 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tole rances for combined residues of 
thiamethoxam and its metabolite , (CGA-322704) in or on legum e vegetables at 0.02 ppm, 
root vegetables (except sugar beet) at 0.02 pp m , strawberries at 0.30 ppm, bushberries at 
0.20 ppm, juneberries at 0.20 ppm, lingonberries 0.20 ppm, salal at 0.20 ppm, cranberries 
at 0.02 ppm, spearmint at 1.5 ppm, peppermint at 1.5 ppm, rapeseed at 0.02 ppm, mustard at 0.02 ppm, flax at 0.02 ppm, safflower at 0.02 ppm, crambe at 0.02 ppm, borage at 0.02 ppm, radish tops at 0.80 ppm, and potatoes at 0.25 ppm. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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:   NA 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  DOCID:  fr, Federal 
Register: Federal Register:  5 January 200 5 (Volume 70, Number 3) Pages 708-720;  
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/January/Day-05/p089.htm  
(Available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available G/SPS/N/USA/1026 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:   5 January 2005, original notice published in Federal 
Register of 2 June 2004 
12. Final date for comments:  7 March 2005  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Dani Daniel, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460-0001;  Tel:  (703) 305-5409;  E-mail:  daniel.dani@epa.gov .   Note:  Identify 
docket name "OPP-2004-0394" in subject line of your response. 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ms. Julie Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, W ashington D.C. 20250. 
Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov