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|                                                  | G/SPS/N/BRA/101** |
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|                                                  | 6 June 2005       |
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|                                                  | (05-2298)         |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary        | Original: English |
| Measures**                                       |                   |
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**NOTIFICATION**

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [BRAZIL]{.underline}         |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** | If applicable, name of local government involved:               |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** Secretariat of Animal and Plant         |
| 2. | Health - SDA                                                    |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Wood       |
|    | packaging materials and dunnage.                                |
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| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable** All countries.                        |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** \"Portaria\" Nº 10, issued on 16 February 2005,     |
| ** | published in the \"Diário Oficial da União\" (Federal Official  |
|    | Journal) from 21 February 2005, section 1, page 4 (available    |
|    | only in Portuguese). The text may be downloaded from the        |
|    | following Internet site:                                        |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | http://oc4j.agricult                                            |
|    | ura.gov.br/agrolegis/do/consultaLei?op=viewTextual&codigo=11084 |
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| ** | **Description of content:** The notified regulation establishes |
| 6. | the requirements for Phytosanitary certification for the        |
| ** | National logo in Wood packaging materials and dunnage.          |
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| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[   \] food safety, \[   \] animal  |
| 7. | health, \[ X \] plant protection, \[ ** ** \] protect humans    |
| ** | from animal/plant pest or disease, \[   \] protect territory    |
|    | from other damage from pests**                                  |
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| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[**   **\] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] World      |
|    | Organization for Animal Health (OIE), \[ X \] International     |
|    | Plant Protection Convention, \[   \] None**                     |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:** ISPM - 15                                         |
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| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:** Not available                                      |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** Upon publication in the Official |
| *1 | Journal                                                         |
| 0. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** Upon publication in the  |
| *1 | Official Journal                                                |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for comments:** Not applicable.                    |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 2. | **Agency or authority designated to handle comments:            |
| ** | \[   \] National notification authority, \[ X \] National       |
|    | enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if    |
|    | available) of other body:**                                     |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | > Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations -- SRI    |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA     |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco \"D\", 3º andar              |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > 70043-900 - Brasília -- DF - BRAZIL                           |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Telephone: +(5561) 225-2308/218-22834                         |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Telefax: +(5561) 225-4738                                     |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > E-mail/Internet: <cgomc@agricultura.gov.br>                   |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br                                |
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| *  | **Texts available from: \[   \] National notification           |
| *1 | authority, \[ X \] National enquiry point, or address, fax      |
| 3. | number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | > Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations -- SRI    |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA     |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco \"D\", 3º andar              |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > 70043-900 - Brasília -- DF - BRAZIL                           |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Telephone: +(5561) 225-2308/218-22834                         |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > Telefax: +(5561) 225-4738                                     |
|    | >                                                               |
|    | > E-mail/Internet: <cgomc@agricultura.gov.br>                   |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br                                |
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