. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/258 
8 April 2005 
 (05-1466) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities, Health & Consumer 
Protection Director ate-General Direct orate D – Food Safety:  production and distribution 
chain 
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):  Cereals (CN 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of 
animal origin (CN 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204,  0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0210) and certain 
products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the Europ ean Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Annexes I to VI of the  
Commission Directive (document SANCO/10540/ 2004 Rev.6) amending Council Directives 
76/895/EEC, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EE C as regards maximum residue levels 
for certain pesticides in and on cereals and ce rtain products of animal and plant origin. 
6. Description of content:  This proposal reviews and set, at the light of new data, maximum 
residue levels (MRLs) on different commodities,  for the following pesticides:  glyphosate 
(including trimethylsulfonium cation), chlorpropam, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxinyl, 
phenmedipam, dimethenamid-P, flurtamone, propoxycarbazone, zoxamide, flazasulfuron, pyraclostrobin, quinoxyfen 
and mepanipyrim.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] 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:   Codex' maximum residue limits in or on some 
commodities, exist for glyphosate  and chlorpropam .  Those relevant to  this proposal were 
taken into account. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  European 
Commission document: (document SANCO/10540/2004 Rev.6).  When adopted it will be published at the Official Journal available at:  http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   Around the end of July 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Twenty days after the publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Union.  
Note :  To allow time for adaptation, the provisi ons in the Directive shall be applicable 18 
months after its publication in th e Official Journal of  the European Union, this is to say, 
around two years from the date of notification. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after th e date of notification 
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:    
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: