. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1390 
28 August 2006 
 (06-4025) 
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):  Brassica leafy vegetables, bulb vegetables, grapes, cucurbits, fruiting 
vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes, and tuberous and corn vegetable;  agricultural food crops; 
ornamentals, turf, and greenhouse grown ornamentals.  
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.   Pesticide 
Products;  Registration Applications (Available in English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:   EPA received petitions to regi ster products containing new 
active ingredients not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions of the federal law.  Notice of r eceipt of these applications does not imply a 
decision by the Agency on the applications. 
1. Mandy.  Fungicide 
Active ingredient:  Mandipropamid at 23.3%.  For use on brassica leafy vegetables, bulb 
vegetables, grapes, cucurbits, fruiting vegeta bles, potatoes, tomatoes, and tuberous and 
corm vegetables.  
2. V-10161 4SC.  Fungicide 
Active ingredient:  Fluopicolide at 39.5%.  Proposal Classification/Use:  For use on outdoor agricultural food crops.  
3. V-10161 VPP Fungicide.  Fungicide  
Active ingredient:  Fluopicolide at 39.5%.  Proposal Classification/Use:  For use on outdoor 
ornamentals, turf, and greenhouse grown ornamentals.  
4. V-10161 Premix.  Fungicide   
Active ingredients:  Fluopicolide at 5.54% and Propamocarb at 55.4%.  Proposal 
Classification/Use:  For use on outdoor agricultural food crops.  
5. V-10162 VPP Fungicide.  Fungicide  
Active ingredient:  Fluopicolide and Propamo carb at 5.54%.  Proposal Classification/Use: 
For use on outdoor ornamentals, turf, and greenhouse grown ornamentals.  
6. Fluopicolide Technical.  Fungicide  
Active ingredient:  Fluopicolide at 98.8%.  Proposal Classification/Use:  Manufacturing Use 
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  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: 
[   ] 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
9 August 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153, Pages:  45557 - 45559),  http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA- PEST/2006/August/Day-09/p12903.htm  
Available in English.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A - This is a notice of availability and may or may 
not result in a future regulatory action.  A notice invites the public to submit additional scientific information and comments to the Agency.    
12. Final date for comments:  Comments should be received on or before 8 September 2006.  
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 (7505P), 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 Deborah Thompson, United States SPS Nati onal Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250.  Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov