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G/SPS/N/USA/2290 
25 October 2011  
 (11-5354) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  US Environmental Protection Agency 
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):  Alfalfa, forage; alfalfa, hay; rice, hulls; and potato 
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:  Prothioconazole; Pesticide Tolerances 
Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  6 
 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-10-05/html/2011-25704.htm  
6. Description of content:  This final rule establishes tolerances for residues of 
prothioconazole in or on alfalfa, forage at 0.02 parts per million (ppm); alfalfa, hay at 0.02 ppm; potato at 0.02 ppm; and rice, hulls at 0.90 ppm. The existing tolerance for Grain, 
cereal, group 15, except sweet corn, sorghum, and rice is changed to Grain, cereal, group 
15, except sweet corn and sorghum.  The existi ng tolerance for Grain, cereal, forage, fodder 
and straw, group 16, except sorghum and rice; straw is changed to Grain, cereal, forage, 
fodder and straw, group 16, except sorghum, straw. 
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)   
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/USA/2290 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  Harmonization of the proposed tolerances with the existing 
Codex for prothioconazole is not possible at th is time because of di fferences in tolerance 
expression and use patterns.  The maximu m residue level expression for Codex is 
prothioconazole-desthio and is thus not compa tible with the US tolerance definition, the 
sum of prothiocoanzole and prothioconazole-desthio. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  5 October 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Tawanda Maignan, Registration Division (7505P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protec tion Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001;  Tel.: (703) 308- 8050;  E-mail:  mai gnan.tawanda@epa.gov. 
Please reference docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0053. 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD) , Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel.:  
+(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov