1.

Notifying Member: United States of America

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: US Environmental Protection Agency

3.

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): Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 and citrus, oil

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Diflubenzuron; Pesticide Tolerances  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 6

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-31/html/2014-02064.htm

6.

Description of content: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of diflubenzuron in or on fruit, citrus, group 10-10 and citrus, oil.

7.

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.  

8.

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   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 31 January 2014

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 31 January 2014

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 31 January 2014

[X]     Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

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

For further information contact:

Lois Rossi,

Registration Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,

Washington, DC 20460-0001;

Tel: +(703) 305 7090;

E-mail: RDFRNotices@epa.gov.

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

United States SPS National Notification Authority,

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service,

International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD),

Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;

Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301;

Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433;

E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov