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Notifying Member: Canada

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada

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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): Pesticide quizalofop-p-ethyl in or on hemp seeds (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.220)

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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: Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Quizalofop-ethyl (PMRL2015-31)  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 5

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Description of content: The objective of the notified document PMRL2015-31 is to consult on the listed domestic maximum residue limit (MRL) for quizalofop-ethyl that has been proposed by the Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

MRL (ppm)   Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity

0.05             Hemp seeds

ppm = parts per million

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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:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]      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: Currently, there are no Codex MRLs listed for quizalofop-ethyl in or on any commodity according to the Codex Alimentarius Pesticide Residue in Food website.

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Health Canada website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/index-eng.php, PMRL2015-31, posted: 10 September 2015 (available in English and French)

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Normally within four to five months from the posting of the Proposed MRL document on the Health Canada website.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):  

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): On the date the measure is adopted.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 24 November 2015

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:  

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2015-31/index-eng.php (English)

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/part/consultations/_pmrl2015-31/index-fra.php (French)