. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/322 
25 January 2008  
 (08-0368) 
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 Directorate-General Directorate D – Animal Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cereals (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of animal 
origin (0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and ce rtain 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 European Communities (E C) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the European Communities. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending certain Annexes to C ouncil Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 
90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels  for acephate, acetami prid, acibenzolar-S-
methyl, aldrin, benalaxyl, benomyl, carbendazi m, chlormequat, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, 
clofentezine, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, cyroma zine, dieldrin, dimethoate, dithiocarbamates, 
esfenvalerate, famoxadone, fenhexamid, fenitrothion, fenvalerate, gly phosate, indoxacarb, 
lambda-cyhalothrin, mepani pyrim, metalaxyl-M, methidathion, methoxyfenozide, 
pymetrozine, pyraclostrobin pyrimethanil, spiroxamine,  thiacloprid, thiophanate-methyl and 
trifloxystrobin (SANCO 00763/2007 re v 3, 11 pages plus annexes) 
6. Description of content:  This draft directive mitigates existing trade conditions by rising 
existing EC maximum residue le vels (MRLs) for the concer ned plant protection products. 
(See annex to the proposal for more details)  
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    G/SPS/N/EEC/322 
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  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 for some 
commodities exist for all of them except for:  acetamiprid, acibenzolar-S-methyl, lambda-
cyhalothrin, mepanipyrim, pymetroz ine, pyrimethanil and spiroxamine. 
Those MRLs relevant we re taken into account. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Documents relevant to 
this notification are available from SANCO Plant Protection page http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pro tection/pesticides/index_en.htm
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Twentieth day following publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union 
12. Final date for comments:  Do not apply.  (The proposed measures increases raise existing 
MRLs.  This is a trade facilitation to trade partners exporting to the EC). 
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 notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
E-mail:  sps@ec.europa.eu