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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/77
14 April 2003
(03-2033)
Committee on Sanitary and 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
E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br
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):   Apple ( Malus domestica ), pear ( Pyrus comunis ), quince ( Cydonia oblonga ),
apricot ( Prunus armenica ), peach ( Prunus persica ), plum ( Prunus domestica ), nectarine
(Prunus persica  var. nucipersica), almond ( Prunus dulcis ).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Argentina
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa
SDA Nº 8 (first erroneously published as being Nº 7) issued 31 January 2003, published in
the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Journal) dated 5 February 2003, in
Portuguese.  The text may be downloaded from the following Internet page:http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ddiv/LegisFito/
6. Description of content:  After consultations with the Argentinean phytosanitary
authorities, Brazil has established an Integrated System of Risk Mitigation to prevent the
contamination of Brazilian orchards of the above-mentioned fruits with the Cydia
pomonella  pest.  The system specifies procedures to be followed by Argentinian producers
and the responsibilities of sanitary authorities in that country, including the need for acomplementary declaration in the Phytosanitary Certificate that shipments are free from
Cydia Pomonella .  Enforcement was established to be immediate to take into consideration
the harvesting period and in order to not interrupt the flow of trade in the year 2003.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ X ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   ISPM Nº 14 from FAO was used as a technical
standard to evaluate risk mitigation alternatives for this particular pest.
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Portuguese, 9 pagesG/SPS/N/BRA/77
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10. Proposed date of adoption:   5 February 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   5 February 2003
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 andar70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 218-2627
E-mail:  ddiv@agricultura.gov.br
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Divisão de Assuntos de Sanidade junto à OMC
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
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