. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/95 
20 August 2004 
 (04-3497) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All vegetables, plant, th eir parts and by-products  imported into Brazil. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Public consultation on 
risk analysis requirements for imported vegeta bles, plant, their parts and by-products.  
Portaria N° 202 issued on 30 July 2004, publishe d in the Diário Oficia l da União (Federal 
Official Journal) dated 2 August 2004 (a vailable in Portuguese, one page). 
6. Description of content:  The proposed regulation establishes risk analysis requirements for 
vegetables, plant, their parts and by-products  imported into Brazil, excluding vegetables and 
plants classified as zero risk or risk one group or that have at least one approved process for 
import since 12 August 1997 until the p ublication of this regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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:   Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests – 
ISPM 11 (May 2001). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  The text may be 
downloaded from the following Internet page: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2004/PUBLICACOES_DOU_AGOSTO_2004/DO1_02
.08.2004.PDF (available in  Portuguese, one page). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Not established. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Not established. G/SPS/N/BRA/95 
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 12. Final date for comments:  27 September 2004. 
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:    
 Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal (DDIV) 
 Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) 
 Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B, 3º andar  70043-900 – Brasília-DF  Fax:  +(5561) 218-2627 
 E-mail:  ddiv@agricultura.gov.br
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária 
 Divisão de Assuntos de Sanidade junto à OMC 
 Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)  Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 414 B  70843-900 – Brasília-DF  Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995 
 E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br