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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 III to Regulation (EC) No
396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum
residue levels for dithiocarbamates in or on certain products (Text with EEA
relevance). Language(s): English. Number of
pages: 6+1+10
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_04690_00_e.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_04690_01_e.pdf
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/EEC/24_04690_02_e.pdf
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Description
of content: The proposed draft
Regulation updates the MRLs for substances belonging to the group of
dithiocarbamates (such as maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and
ziram). They degrade to carbon disulfide (CS2), which also occur naturally in
plants as phytogenic sulfur compounds and with the existing methodologies in
place cannot be distinguished from the presence of residues resulting from
the use of dithiocarbamates. The draft Regulation is also proposing a new
residue definition for monitoring the presence on these substances.
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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): Codex Maximum Residue Limits for dithiocarbamates in some
commodities. Codex MRLs List is available at https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/pestres/pesticide-detail/en/?p_id=105.
[ ] 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?
[ ] Yes [X] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard: The
European Food Safety Authority published a review of the existing MRLs for
dithiocarbamates in the framework of the Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No
396/2005. For some MRLs, the European Food Safety Authority has identified a
risk to consumers and, therefore, the corresponding MRLs are lowered to safe
levels.
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are
available:
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"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"
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/396/oj
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EFSA (European
Food Safety Authority), 2023. Review of the existing maximum residue levels
for dithiocarbamates according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
EFSA Journal
2023;21(5):7987
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7987
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 24 January 2025
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 24 February 2025
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
[ ] 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): 20 September 2024
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
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