WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/66
1 July 2002
(02-3659)
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
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900 – Brasília-DFTel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15
Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316
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):  Alfalfa/lucern ( Medicago sativa );  barley ( Hordeum vulgare );  cacao
(Theobroma cacao );  clover ( Trifolium spp );  coffee ( Coffea spp );  corn (Z ea mays );  cotton
(Gossypium spp );  frijol ( Phaseolus vulgaris );  tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum );  garlic
(Allium sativum );  grape vine ( Vitis vinifera );  ground-honeysuckle ( Lotus corniculatus );
melon ( Cucumis melo );  onion ( Allium cepa );  pimiento ( Capsicum annum );  pineapple
(Ananas comosus );  potato ( Solanum tuberosum );  rape ( Brassica napus var.oleifera );  rice
(Oryza sativa );  rye ( Secale cereale );  rye-grass ( Lolium multiflorum );  sorghum ( Sorghum
vulgaris );  soybean ( Glycine max );  strawberry ( Fragaria spp );  sunflower ( Helianthus
annuus );  tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum );  triticale ( Triticum aestivum X Secale
cereale ).  The notifications for the above products revise the following previous
notifications:  G/SPS/N/BRA/33;  Barley (no previous notification), 19, 30, 25, 18, 21, 32,
38, 41, 27, 34, 24, 42, 40, 26, 28, 37, 20;  Rye (no previous notification), 35, 31 22 , 23, 36,39 and Triticale (no previous notification), respectively.  All but Barley, Rye and Triticale
had previous notifications.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries that export these products to Brazil.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document :  Normative Instructions
(Instruções Normativas) No 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, all dated 15 March 2002, published in the Federal
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), Section I, 19 and 20 March 2002 (10 pages).
Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) nº 34, dated 27 March 2002, published in the
Federal Official Journal, Section I, 28 March 2002.  Available also at the following Internet
page: http://200.252.165.4/ddiv/LegisFito/  (Available in Portuguese only).G/SPS/N/BRA/66
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6. Description of content:   Description of content:  Revision of harmonized Mercosur
regulations on vegetable products from the period of 1995 to 1997.  The new regulations
remove the general requirements which asked for additional declarations on the
Phytosanitary Certificates from any origin in the world for the mentioned products,
maintaining in the new regulation harmonized specific requisites for the Mercosur member
countries (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).  From now on, according to the new above-mentioned regulations, a pest risk analysis (PRA) has to be made for every product to be
imported from any country of origin.  A time limit of 180 days, after the new regulation is
in force, is given for the preparation of the pest risk analyses.  In the meantime the previous
requisites will prevail.  Traditional exporting countries of these products have already
started the PRA request in 1999 but, in general, have not provide yet all the information tofinish the PRA.  Under the present conditions, Mercosur member countries do not have to
submit PRAs for any of the products covered by INs 6 to 32.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  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: The requirements of pest risk analysis (PRA) in
the Normative Instruction Nº 34 conform to guidelines as issued by ISPM Nº 02 and Nº 11.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Normative
Instructions (Instruções Normativas) No 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32, all dated 15 March 2002, published in the
Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), Section I, 19 and 20 March 2002
(10 pages) Available also at the following Internet page:http://200.252.165.4/ddiv/LegisFito/
Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) nº 34, dated 27 March 2002, published in the
Federal Official Journal, Section I, 28 March 2002. (only in Portuguese)
10. Proposed date of adoption: 20 March 2002 (Normative Instructions nos. 6 to 32).
28 March 2002 (Normative Instruction nº 34).
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  20 September 2002 (Normative Instructions nos. 6 to
32). 28 September 2002 (Normative Instruction nº 34).
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.brG/SPS/N/BRA/66
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13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [  X ]  National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Coordenação-Geral de Informação Documental Agrícola (CENAGRI)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, Térreo e 1º andar
70843-900 – Caixa Postal 02432 – Brasília-DFDDG:  0800.61.1995
Fax:  +(5561) 323-4569
E-mail:  cenagri@agricultura.gov.br