. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/93 
8 April 2004 
 (04-1620) 
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) seeds. 
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:   Import requirements for 
Solanum tuberosum  (potato) seeds imported into Brazil.  "Instrução Normativa" SDA N° 05, 
issued 9 March 2004, published in the Diário Of icial da União (Federal Official Journal) 
nº 46, 9 March 2004, section I (available 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_2004/PUBLIC ACOES_DOU_MARCO/DO1_09.03%5
B1%5D (available in Portuguese, one page). 
6. Description of content:  The regulation establishes import requirements regarding 
registration, documentation, official phytosanitary  certification, and additional declarations 
to the phytosanitary certificate, inspection, sampling, tolerance and testing requirements 
and post-entry quarantine for Solanum tuberosum  (potato) seeds imported into Brazil. 
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, 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   7 June 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   7 June 2004 G/SPS/N/BRA/93 
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 12. Final date for comments:  29 May 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