Normativa EEUU
Mar. 2, 2012EE.UU: se anuncia la orden de cancelaciones de productos que contienen dicofol
| World Trade
Organization |
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| G/SPS/N/USA/2331
27 January 2012 |
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| (12‑0561) | |
| Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | Original: English |
NOTIFICATION
| 1. | Notifying Member: UNITED STATES
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): Multiple products |
| 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: Dicofol; Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations Language(s): English Number of pages: 2
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-14/html/2011-31987.htm |
| 6. | Description of content: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products containing dicofol. This cancellation order follows a 22 June 2011 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. These are the last products containing this pesticide registered for use in the United States. In the 22 June 2011 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Products subject to this cancellation order include the following: Mitigan (Dicofol) Technical, MANA Dicofol 4E, Dicofol 4E, and Dicofol 50WSB. Any distribution, sale, or use of these products is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order. |
| 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): Not applicable
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable |
| 11. | Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): The cancellation order for Mitigan (Dicofol) Technical is effective 14 December 2011. The cancellation order for MANA Dicofol 4E, Dicofol 4E, and Dicofol 50WSB is effective 31 October 2013.
[ ] Trade facilitating measure Not applicable |
| 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: Susan M. Bartow, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; Tel: (703) 603-0065; Email: bartow.susan@epa.gov. Please reference docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0220. |
| 13. | 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 |