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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/124
30 April 2001
(01-2184)
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, General Directorate 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, where
applicable).  Cereals, certain products of plant orig in, including fruit and vegetables and
animal feedingstuffs  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  EC member States and third countries exporting to the European
Communities
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission Directive
amending the Annexes to Council Directives  86/362/EEC, and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of
maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals and certain products of plant origin,
including fruit and vegetables respectively (11 pages)
5. Description of content:  This proposed draft Directive fixes maximum residue limits
(MRLs) and provisional maximum residue limits (PMRLs) for the new active substancesazoxystrobine  and kresoxim  methyl  on certain agricultural products and modifies MRLs of
earlier Commission Directives in which harmonized MRLs for azoxystrobin  and kresoxim
methyl  were established.  The affected products are citrus fruit;  tree nuts (shelled or
unshelled);  pome fruit;  stone fruit;  strawberries, cane fruit;  blackberries, dewberries,
loganberries, raspberries, other small fruit and berries, currants (red, black and white),
gooseberries, wild berries and wild fruit;  bananas, olives;  root and tuber vegetables;  bulb
vegetables;  fruiting vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, others), cucurbits (inediblepeel);  sweet corn;  Brassica vegetables;  leaf vegetables and fresh herbs, legume vegetables
(peas with and without pods), stem vegetables (fresh), fungi;  pulses (peas and others);
oilseeds;  potatoes;  tea;  hops.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  No Codex MRLs are set for these active
substances.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document SANCO/454 /2001 Rev.2 (Available in all official EC languages)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  12 June 2001G/SPS/N/EEC/124
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2001 to be applied by all member States of the
European Communities  by 1 January 2002.
11. Final date for comments:  1 June 2001
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: