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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/450 
1 July 2010  
 (10-3597) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada 
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):  Pesticide difenoconazole in or on various food commodities (ICS Codes:  
65.020, 65.100, 67.080) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit (PMRL):  
Difenoconazole (PMRL2010-31)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  8   
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2010-31 is to 
consult on the listed import maximum residue li mits (MRLs) for difenoconazole that have 
been proposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada. 
MRL (ppm)  Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
2.5  Olives 
1.0  Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09) 
0.6  Fruiting vegetables (Crop Group 8-09) 0.3  Papayas, sugar beet roots 0.2  Bananas 0.1  Grapes 
0.01  Tuberous and corm vegetables (Crop Subgroup 1C) 
Commodities included in each of the identified crop groupings are listed in PMRL2010-31. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/CAN/450 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
Food Commodity  Proposed 
Canadian 
MRL (ppm)  Established 
Codex 
MRL (ppm)  
Olives 2.5 2.0 
Pome fruits (Crop Group 11-09) 1.0 0.5 
Fruiting vegetables  
(Crop Group 8-09) 0.6 0.5 
(tomatoes only) 
Papayas, sugar beet roots 0.3 0.2 
Bananas 0.2 0.1 
Grapes (Codex MRL is equivalent) 0.1 0.1 
Tuberous and corm vegetables 
(Crop Subgroup 1C) 0.01 0.02 
(potatoes only) 
 
 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Health 
Canada website:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php , 
PMRL2010-31, posted 22 June 2010 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within 4 to 5 months from the posting 
of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date the measure is adopted. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 September 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/ consultations/_pmrl2010-31/index-eng.php  
(English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/par t/consultations/_pmrl2010-31/index-fra.php   
(French)