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Meat and edible meat offal; Cereals – European Union

Official title

Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance)

The European Union issued an addendum on 23 October 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/924. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 4 March 2026. The comment period closed on 3 May 2026.

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Products

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

HS codes
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
    • 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 20 codes
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 10
    • 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
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/924Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/924/Add.1
Keywords
Human health, Food safety, Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 3 May 2026
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

The comment period closed on 3 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/924/Add.1; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/EU/924/Add.1⁩, 23 October 2026)

Maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/924 (4 March 2026) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation(EU) 2026/2299 of 15 October 2026 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 5 May 2027.

The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing MRLs for difenoconazole in certain food commodities. Some MRLs for this substance are increased and some MRLs in certain commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union. The proposed draft Regulation also addresses import tolerances in various crops.

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/924/Add.1

    Maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products

    The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/924 (4 March 2026) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation(EU) 2026/2299 of 15 October 2026 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 5 May 2027.

    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 (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/924

    Comment deadline: Closed on 3 May 2026

    Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for difenoconazole in or on certain products (Text with EEA relevance)

    The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing MRLs for difenoconazole in certain food commodities. Some MRLs for this substance are increased and some MRLs in certain commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the European Union. The proposed draft Regulation also addresses import tolerances in various crops.

    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)

Sources

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

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