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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/91 
15 January 2004 
 (04-0121) 
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):  Solanum tuberosum  (potato) imported into Br azil from the United Kingdom 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
United Kingdom  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Import requirements for 
Solanum tuberosum  (potato) imported from the United Kingdom.  Instrução Normativa SDA 
N° 20 issued 15 December 2003, published in the Di ário Oficial da Uniã o (Federal Official 
Journal) dated 16 December 2003 (a vailable in Portuguese).  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_DEZEMBRO/DO 1_16.12.2003.PDF (available in 
Portuguese, one page). 
6. Description of content:  The regulation establishes import requirements regarding 
documentation, phytosanitary certification, and additional declarations to the phytosanitary 
certificate, inspection and testing requ irements and post-entry quarantine for Solanum 
tuberosum  (potato) seeds imported from the United Kingdom. 
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, [   ] Office International des Epizooties, 
[ 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   16 December 2003 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   16 December 2003 G/SPS/N/BRA/91 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Not established. 
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