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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/91
19 July 2000
(00-2995)
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, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Cereals, certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, and
products of animal origin
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Commission Directive
amending the Annexes to Council Directives  86/362/EEC, 86/363/ EEC and 90/642/EEC on
the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals, products of animal
origin, and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables, respectively.
Doc. SANCO/406/99 rev. 3 (9 pages).
5. Description of content:  This draft Directive sets provisional maximum residue levels
(MRLs) for spiroxamine in and on cereals, products of animal origin, and certain products
of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables.  Spiroxamine is a new active substance
recently included in Annex I to Directive 91/414/EEC. There are currently no EC MRLs in
force.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
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:  26 September 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2001, to be applied by all member States of the
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11. Final date for comments:  1 September 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: