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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/DEU/6/Rev.1
13 November 2002
(02-6253)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Revision
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
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):   Foodstuffs of animal and plant origin.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the EC
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Seventh Ordinance to
Amend the Maximum Residue Limits Ordinance
6. Description of content:  Fixation and deletion of national maximum residue limits for plant
protection products and pesticides, fertilizers and other agents in or on foodstuffs of animaland plant origin and implementation of Directives 2001/39/EC, 2001/48/EC and
2001/57/EC.
The Seventh Ordinance contains among other changes a codified list of MRLs for food of
plant origin.  The changed positions  (101 active agents) are marked in bold ;  furthermore,
these changes are listed in an explanatory document attached to the ordinance for
clarification.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] 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:   Seventh Ordinance to
Amend the Maximum Residue Limits Ordinance (Available in German. English, French
and Spanish summaries are also available).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   December 2002G/SPS/N/DEU/6/Rev.1
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   As of publication in  the Official Journal
12. Final date for comments:  16 December 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
D-53107 BonnTel. + 49 228 529 4659 or 4661
Fax: + 49 228 529 4943 and National Enquiry Point