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European UnionWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest notice

Meat and edible meat offal; Cereals – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products (text with EEA relevance)

The European Union issued an addendum on 27 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/696. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 23 November 2023. The comment period closed on 22 January 2024.

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At a glance

Products

Cereals; Foodstuffs of animal origin; and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
    • 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
    • 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0205 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.
    • 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0207 Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0208 Meat and edible offal of rabbits, hares, pigeons and other animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (excl. of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses…
    • 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
    • 0210 Meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
All 18 codes
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 1001 Wheat and meslin
    • 1002 Rye
    • 1003 Barley
    • 1004 Oats
    • 1005 Maize or corn
    • 1006 Rice
    • 1007 Grain sorghum
    • 1008 Buckwheat, millet, canary seed and other cereals (excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice and grain sorghum)
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Withdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/696Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/696/Add.1
Keywords
Pesticides, Food safety, Human health, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Withdrawal of the measure

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 22 January 2024
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/EU/696/Add.1⁩, 27 April 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was withdrawn, lifted or repealed, in whole or in part.

Maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products

The Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products (text with EEA relevance) notified in G/SPS/N/EU/696 on 23 November 2023 was withdrawn.

The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing MRLs for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in certain food commodities. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union or for which a human health concern may not be excluded.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/696/Add.1

    Maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products

    The Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products (text with EEA relevance) notified in G/SPS/N/EU/696 on 23 November 2023 was withdrawn.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/696

    Comment deadline: Closed on 22 January 2024

    Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products (text with EEA relevance)

    The proposed draft Regulation concerns the update of existing MRLs for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in certain food commodities. MRLs for these substances in certain commodities are changed. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union or for which a human health concern may not be excluded.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from the European Union

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    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1251Comments until 2 January 2027

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  3. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

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    The purpose of this draft proposal for a Commission Delegated Regulation under Article 37(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend Table 3 of Part 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation by introducing…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1250Comments until 1 January 2027

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/987Comments until 29 December 2026

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