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): Certain pesticide product registrations

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: Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Notice of Intent To Cancel Certain Other Pesticide Registrations for Non-Payment. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 13

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-19/html/2024-26931.htm

6.

Description of content: EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants, submitted as part of their 2024 Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee responses, to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests to cancel at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests to cancel, or unless the registrants withdraw its requests to cancel. If these requests to cancel are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. Additionally, EPA is issuing a notice of intent to cancel other pesticide product registrations as a result of registrants' non-payment of 2024 Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees.

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): 19 November 2024

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 19 November 2024

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 19 November 2024

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 19 December 2024

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:

Comments should be submitted to the US EPA's WTO SPS team at [email protected].

13.

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

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-19/html/2024-26931.htm