G/TBT/N/BRA/1173  
10 May 2021  
(21-3947) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology -INMETRO  
Telephone: (+55) 21 2145 3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Website: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  OIL SEEDS 
AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL 
OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER (HS 12)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance MAPA 
No. 93, 26 April 2021 (2 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution applies within the MERCOSUR scope for the 
registration of varieties in the Plant Variety Protection Registry and in the National Plant 
Variety Registry (RNC), establ ishing the criteria for the approval of the variety 
denomination, with the purpose of facilitating trade between the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This Resolution applies within the M ERCOSUR scope for the registration of 
varieties in the Plant Variety Protection Registry and in the National Plant Variety Registry 
(RNC), establishing the criteria for the approval of the variety denomination, with the 
purpose of facilitating trade betwee n the States Parties.; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Gazette No. 78, 28 April 2021, section 1, 
page 9; MERCOSUR Resolution/GMC/RES No. 05/20; Seed and Plant Breeder 
Law 20.247/1973 and its Regulatory Decree No. 2183/1991 (Argentina); Resolution 
669-E/2017 (Argentina); Plant Variety Protection Law 9.456, 25 April 1997 and its 
Decree  2.366, 5 November 1997 (Brazil); Seed Law 10.711, 5 August 2003 and its 
Decree  5.153, 23 July 2004 (Brazil); Seed and Plant Variety P rotection Law 385/94 and 
its Regulatory Decree 7797/2000 (Paraguay); Seed Law No. 16.811/1997, 
Law 18.467/2009 and its  Regulatory Decree 438/004 and the Decrees 140/008 and 
219/010 (Uruguay); International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plant s 
(UPOV) Explanatory Notes about Variety Denomination (UPOV INF/12/5)  G/TBT/N/BRA/1173  
 
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9. Proposed date of a doption:  1 June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
Esplanada dos Ministérios – Edificio Sede - Bloco D  
Brasília – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.632 -100 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3218 -2828 
Website: www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br 
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