G/SPS/N/CAN/1290/Add.1  
 
23 March 2020  
(20-2352) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 March 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Established Maximum Residue Limit: Clopyralid  
The proposed maximum residue limit (PMRL) document for clopyralid notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1290 
(dated 7 January 2020) was adopted 18 March 2020. The proposed MRL was established via entry 
into the Maximum Residue Limits Database and is provided directly below:  
MRL(ppm )1  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
0.05  Pome fruits (crop group 11 -09) 
1 ppm = parts per million  
An MRL is established for each commodity included in the listed crop groupings in accordance with 
the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups  webpa ge ( https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-management/public/protecting -your-
health -environment/pesticides -food/residue -chemistry -crop-groups.html ) in the Pesticides and Pest 
Management section of the Canada.ca website.  
MRLs established in Canada may be found using Health Canada's Maximum Residue Limit Database  
(http://pr -rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/mrl -lrm/index -eng.php ) on the Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides 
webpage ( https:// www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -
pest-management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -
limits -pesticides.html ). The database allows users to search for pesticide(s) or for food 
commodity(ies).  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1290/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum ma y vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The specified MRL  has been provided above and is also accessible from the MRL webpage as indicated 
below:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/consumer -product -safety/pesticides -pest-
management/public/protecting -your-health -environment/pesticides -food/maximum -residue -limits -
pesticides.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sa nte-canada/services/securite -produits -consommation/pesticides -lutte-
antiparasitaire/public/proteger -votre-sante -environnement/pesticides -aliments/limites -maximales -
residus -pesticides.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Author ity and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario; K1A 0G2  
Tel: + (343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@intern ational.gc.ca   
 
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