. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1177 
13 December 2005 
 (05-5899) 
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):  Barley, bran/grain/hay/pearled/straw;  black mustard/borage/canola/  crambe/ 
field mustard/flax/Indian mustard/Indian rap eseed/rapeseed, seed;  flax, grain and aspirated 
fractions;  peas and beans, dried shelled (excep t soybeans);  peanut, nutmeat/hay/ meal; rice, 
grain/straw/hulls;  and wheat, grain/bran/forage/germ/hay/straw;  and for residues of prothioconazole, its desthio and 4-hydroxy me tabolites, and conjugates of each in cattle, 
meat/meat byproducts/fat/milk. 
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:  NOTICE. Notice of 
Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Estab lishment of Regulations for Residues of the 
Fungicide Prothioconazole and its Metabolit es in or on Food Commodities (Available in 
English, 3 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition 
proposing the establishment of regulations for r esidues of the fungicide prothioconazole and 
its desthio metabolite in or on barley , bran/grain/hay/pearled/straw; black 
mustard/borage/canola/ crambe/field mustard/ flax/Indian mustard/Indian rapeseed/rapeseed, 
seed; flax, grain and aspirated fractions; peas and beans, dried shelled (except soybeans); 
peanut, nutmeat/hay/ meal; rice, grain/straw/hulls; and wheat, grain/bran/forage/germ/hay/straw; and for r esidues of prothioconazole, its desthio and 4-
hydroxy metabolites, and conjugates of each in cattle, meat/meat by-products/fat/milk.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] 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: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/USA/1177 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
30 November 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229), Pages 71831-71834, http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/ 2005/November/Day-30/p23438.htm  (Available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   
12. Final date for comments:  Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number 
OPP-2005-0312, must be received on or before 30 December 2005. 
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. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nati onal 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; E-mail: fstsd@usda.gov