G/TBT/N/BRA/1405  
 
8 June 2022  
(22-4310) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Edible 
vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MAPA/SDA  
Ordinance No.  578, 13 may 2022; (37 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  MAPA/SDA Ordinance nº. 578 opens a 90-day period for public 
consultation on the draft regulation of Inspection of Products of Vegetal Origin, which 
establishes the classification of plant products, their by -products and residues of economic 
value, in the form of Brazilian System of Inspec tion of Products of Plant Origin.  
The Ordinance and the project are available on Ministry of Agriculture website:  
https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br/ace sso-a-informacao/participacao -
social/consultas -publicas/2022/consulta -publica -regulamento -da-inspecao -de-produtos -
de-origem -vegetal -que-institui -a-classificacao -de-produtos -vegetais -seus-subprodutos -
e-residuos -de-valor-economico -na-forma -do-sistema -brasile iro-de-inspecao -de-
produtos -de-origem -vegetal  
Technically substantiated suggestions should be forwarded through the Normative Act 
Monitoring System - SISMAN, of the Department of Agricultural Defense - SDA/MAPA, 
through the link:  
https://sistemasweb.agricultura.gov.br/solicita/  G/TBT/N/BRA/1405  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Submitted for a 90 (ninety) days public consultation the draft regulation on 
inspection of products of vegetal origin, which establishes the classification of plant 
products, their by -products and residues of economic value, in the form of Brazilian 
System of Inspection of Products of Plant Origin.  
8. Relevant documents:  Brazilian Official Gazette 97 on 13 May 2022, section 1, page 6  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-578-de-13-de-maio-de-2022-
402116958  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  24 May 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  22 August 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
Esplanada dos Ministérios – Edifício Sede - Bloco D  
Brasília – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.632 -100 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3218 -2828 
Website: www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-578-de-13-de-maio-de-2022-
402116958