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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION If applicable, name of local government involved: |
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Agency responsible:European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General |
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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): Cereals (HS codes: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of animal origin (HS codes: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: |
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Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for diethofencarb, fenoxycarb, flutriafol and pencycuron in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English. Number of pages: 5 + Annexes https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_00_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_01_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_02_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_03_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_04_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_10637_05_e.pdf |
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Description of content: The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing MRLs for diethofencarb, fenoxycarb, flutriafol and pencycuron in certain food products. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed. Lower MRLs are set at the level of Codex MRLs or at the limit of determination, after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union or for which a human health concern may not be excluded. |
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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. |
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Is there a relevant international standard? 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? [X] Yes [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: |
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
- Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/726 of 4 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the approval periods of the active substances Adoxophyesoranagranulovirus and flutriafol
- Reasoned opinion on the review of the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for flutriafol according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005
- Evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review and setting of an import tolerance for flutriafol in cucurbits (inedible peel)
- Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in cucurbits with edible peel
- Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in strawberries
- Setting of import tolerance for flutriafol in hops
- Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 48thSession of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy):January 2024 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):March 2024 |
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, and apply six months thereafter. [ ] Trade facilitating measure |
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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 28 August 2023 Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |