 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/196/Add.1 
27 September 2004 
 (04-4064) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
  The following communication, dated 23 September 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Communities
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Cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables
 
  This notice provides information on the present status of the Commission " Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of th e Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in 
products of plant and animal origin " COM(2003) 117 final, notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/196 (11 April 
2003). 
  In accordance with the co-decision procedur e foreseen in Article 251 of the Treaty, the 
proposal was submitted to the European Parliament (EP) that – on a first reading – has introduced 
changes.  Now the Council, after examining the am endments contained in the EP opinion, has adopted 
a "Common position adopted by the Council with a vi ew to the adoption of a Regulation of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on maximu m residue levels of pesticides in or on food and 
feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC " .   T h i s  c o m m o n  
position, in Council Document, Interinstitutional File :  2003/0052 (COD) – has been forwarded to the 
EP for a second reading.  The Commission is not in  a position to inform about a possible calendar for 
further steps.  Information on the progress of this proposal is available at: 
 
http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail _dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=181352
 
  The notified document (Council Document 9262/04 – Interinstitutional File 2003/0052 
(COD)) can be obtained from the EEC Enquiry Point. 
 
 
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