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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/84
14 April 2000
(00-1504)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and
Consumer Protection
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission Directive
amending the Annexes to Council Directives 76/895/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of
maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruit and vegetables and certain products of
plant origin, including fruit and vegetables , respectively.  Doc. SANCO/3396/99 rev.3
(6 pages)
5. Description of content:  This draft Directive raises maximum residue levels (MRLs) for
folpet on wine grapes (10 mg/kg), for maleic hydrazide on carrots and parsnips (30 mg/kg),for glyphosate on cotton seed (10 mg/kg), for dithiocarbamates on olives (5 mg/kg);  it
reduces maximum residue levels for vinclozolin on tomato and peaches (0.05 mg/kg), the
latter maximum residue levels are fixed on a temporary basis.  New maximum residue
levels are fixed for diphenylamine on all agricultural products (apple 5 mg/kg;  pears
10 mg/kg;  ohers 0.05 mg/kg) listed in Council Directive 90/642/EEC.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests   
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Lower Codex maximum residue levels (MRLs)
are fixed for folpet, identical Codex MRLs for glyphosate and diphenylamine on apples.
Higher Codex values are fixed for vinclozolin on tomatoes (3 mg/kg) and peaches
(5 mg/kg).  The reason to divert from the latter Codex MRL is the recent consumer risk
assessment in the European Communities using new scientific research data on the
toxicology of the substance.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Doc.
SANCO/3396/99 rev.3 in all official languages of the European Communities.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2001 to be applied by all member States of
the European Communities.G/SPS/N/EEC/84
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11. Final date for comments:  15 June 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] EC enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           