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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/80
10 November 2003
(03-5984)
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):   Import requirements for Beta vulgaris  (sugar-beet) imported into Brazil from
Chile
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Chile
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import requirements for
Beta vulgaris  imported from Chile. Instrução Normativa SDA Nº 73 issued
21 October 2003, published in the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Journal) dated
22 October 2003, in Portuguese.  The text may be downloaded from the following Internet
page:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/legislacao/secao1/do1_22.10.2003.pdf (available in
Portuguese, one page)
6. Description of content:  The import requirements for Beta vulgaris (sugar-beet) seeds
stipulate the requirements for documentation, phytosanitary certification requirements, and
additional declarations to the phytosanitary ce rtificate, inspection and testing requirements
and post-entry quarantine.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] 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:   Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests –
ISPM 11 (May 2001)
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Portuguese, one page
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/legislacao/secao1/do1_22.10.2003.pdf
10. Proposed date of adoption:   21 October 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   21 October 2003G/SPS/N/BRA/80
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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 notification 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