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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/16
20 February 2003
(03-1077)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health
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):  Fruits and vegetables exported to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries exporting the products concerned to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   "Draft Amendment of
Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods" (available in English, one page.
6. Description of content:   The draft establishes the pesticide MRLs for chlorpyrifos on
peanuts (0.1 ppm);  clothianidin on rice (0.0 5 ppm), cucumbers (0.1 ppm), baby cucumbers
(0.1 ppm), and cantaloupes (0.5 ppm);  cyprodinil on onions (0.5 ppm);  emamectin
benzoate on tomatoes (0.02 ppm);  fenazaquin on tea (20 ppm);  fipronil on corns
(0.01 ppm);  fludioxonil on onions (0.1 ppm);  mepronil on spinaches (1.0 ppm);
milbemectin on leaf vegetables (0.2 ppm);  tepraloxydim on peanuts (0.2 ppm);
thiamethoxan on rice (0.1 ppm) and cantaloupes (0.5 ppm).
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  "Draft Amendment of
Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods" ( 12 February 2003, Food No. 0920400048), available in
English from the National Notification Authority , National Enquiry Point, and Department of
Health.  The amendment will be published in the Official Government Gazette when adopted.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/TPKM/16
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  15 April 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Bureau of Food Sanitation
Department of Health
12 F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100Tel:  (+886) 2 232 10151 ext. 349
Fax:  (+886)2-239 29723
E-mail:  fshsueha@doh.gov.tw
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Bureau of Food Sanitation
Department of Health
12 F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  (+886) 2 232 10151 ext. 349
Fax:  (+886)2-239 29723
E-mail:  fshsueha@doh.gov.tw