WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/65
27 June 2002
(02-3583)
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
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):  This notification revises measures previously notified for the following
products: pineapple ( Ananas comosus ) G/SPS/N/BRA/33;  pimiento ( Capsicum annum)
G/SPS/N/BRA/19;  peach ( Prunus persica)  G/SPS/N/BRA/30);  ground-honeysuckle
(Lotus corniculatus ) G/SPS/N/BRA/25;  garlic ( Allium sativum ) G/SPS/N/BRA/18;
tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum ) G/SPS/N/BRA/21;  grape vine ( Vitis vinifera)
G/SPS/N/BRA/32;  cotton ( Gossypium spp) G/SPS/N/BRA/38;  corn (Z ea mays );
G/SPS/N/BRA/41;  frijol ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) G/SPS/N/BRA/27;  coffee ( Coffea spp )
G/SPS/N/BRA/34;  rye-grass ( Lolium multiflorum ) G/SPS/N/BRA/24;  cacao  ( Theobroma
cacao ) G/SPS/N/BRA/40;  Alfalfa/lucern ( Medicago sativa ) G/SPS/N/BRA/26;  sorghum
(Sorghum vulgaris ) G/SPS/N/BRA/28;  soybean ( Glycine max)  G/SPS/N/BRA/37;  tomato
(Lycopersicum esculentum ) G/SPS/N/BRA/20;  melon ( Cucumis melo ) G/SPS/N/BRA/35;
potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) G/SPS/N/BRA/31;  rape ( Brassica napus var.oleifera )
G/SPS/N/BRA/22;  sunflower ( Helianthus annuus ) G/SPS/N/BRA/23;  strawberry
(Fragaria spp ) G/SPS/N/BRA/36;  rice ( Oryza sativa ) G/SPS/N/BRA/39);
clover( Trifolium spp ) G/SPS/N/BRA/29;  onion ( Allium cepa ) G/SPS/N/BRA/17,
The measure notified also covers Barley ( Hordeum vulgare) , rye ( Secale cereale ) and
triticale ( Triticum aestivum X Secale cereale ) - products for which there have not
previously been 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 Internetpage: http://200.252.165.4/ddiv/LegisFito/  (Available in Portuguese only).G/SPS/N/BRA/65
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6. 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 riskanalysis (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 to finish 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 March 27 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 andar70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 218-2627
E-mail: ddiv@agricultura.gov.brG/SPS/N/BRA/65
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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