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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/381 
5 March 2009  
 (09-1113) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides clethodim, iprodione, foset yl-aluminum and lambda-cyhalothrin 
(ICS Codes 65.100, 65.020, 67.060, 67.080, 67.100, 67.120, 67.220) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Addendum to the document:  Transitioning the Legal 
Establishment of Maximum Residue Limits (M RLs) for Pesticides from the Food and Drugs 
Act to the Pest Control Products Act:  Consultation on Proposed MRLs  (PMRL2009-06) 
Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  8 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2009-06 is to 
consult on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for clethodim, iprodione, fosetyl-aluminum 
and lambda-cyhalothrin that have been proposed by Health  Canada's Pest Management 
Regulatory Agency (PMRA) but were in advertently omitted from consultation via 
Transitioning the Legal Establishment of Maxi mum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides 
from the Food and Drugs Act to the Pest C ontrol Products Act:  Consultation on Proposed 
MRLs  (PMRL2006-01) (G/SPS/N/CAN/276). 
The commodities and corresponding MRLs proposed for each chemical are found in 
PMRL2009-06. 
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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     G/SPS/N/CAN/381 
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   [   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  PMRA web 
site:  http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/english/pubs/pmrl-e.html , PMRL2009-06, posted:  
18 February 2009 (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 PMRA web site.  
Propose 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 ):  4 May 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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/alt_format s/pmra-arla/pdf/part/consultations/pmrl-
lmrp/pmrl2009-06-eng.pdf  (English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_format s/pmra-arla/pdf/part/consultations/pmrl-
lmrp/pmrl2009-06-fra.pdf  (French)