. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/366 
3 December 2008  
 (08-5917) 
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):  Pesticide cyromazine in or on various leafy vegetables (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, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Maximum Residue Limit:  Cyromazine 
(PMRL2008-44)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The objective of the notified document PMRL2008-44 is to 
consult on the listed domestic ma ximum residue limits (MRLs)  for cyromazine, including 
the metabolite melamine, that have been pr oposed by the Pest Management Regulatory 
Agency (PMRA). 
An MRL of 10 ppm is already legally established in Canada for cyromazine in or on celery, 
leaf lettuce and spinach and an MRL of 4.0 ppm  is established in or on head lettuce.  This 
action proposes MRLs at 10 ppm for the remaining commodities in Crop Group 4, leafy vegetables, except Brasssica , and an increase in the established head lettuce MRL to reflect 
the crop group MRL.  MRLs are also proposed for the leafy Brassica  greens crop 
subgroup. 
MRL (ppm)
 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity  
35  Leafy Brassica  greens (Crop Subgroup 5B; bok choy Chinese cabbages, 
broccoli raab, collards, kale, mustard greens, mustard spinach, rape greens) 
10  Amaranth, arugula, cardoon, celtuce,  Chinese celery, corn salad, dandelion 
leaves, dock, edible leaved chrysanth emum, endives, fresh chervil leaves, 
fresh Florence fennel leaves and stalks, garden cress, garden purslane, 
garland chrysanthemum, head lettuce*, New Zealand spinach, orach leaves, parsley leaves, radicchio, rhubarb, Swiss chard, upland cress, vine spinach, winter purslane 
* proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 4.0 ppm. G/SPS/N/CAN/366 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] 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:  The revised MRL of 10 ppm proposed  for head lettuce in Canada 
differs from the corresponding Codex MRL of  5 ppm.  Codex MRLs have not been 
established for the remaining comm odities included in this action. 
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 , PMRL2008-44, 
posted:  25 November 2008 (ava ilable in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Normally within four to five 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 ):  8 February 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.pmra-arla.gc.ca/eng lish/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-44-eng.pdf   (English) 
http://www.pmra-arla.gc.ca/francais/pdf/pmrl/pmrl2008-44-fra.pdf   (French)