G/SPS/N/BRA/1679  
 
17 June 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be p rovided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plant products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) Nº 30 of 
05 June 2020 . Language(s):  Portuguese . Number of pages:  3 
http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/instrucao -normativa -n-30-de-5-de-junho -de-2020-
260854899  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/BRA/20_3740_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Regulation establishes guidelines and operational 
procedures for the application of preventive and contingency measures (containment, 
suppression and eradication) of foci of Fusarium oxysporum f.spcubenseraça  4 
tropical  - Foc R4Tas part of the national Program for the Prevention and Surveillance of 
Absent Quarantine Pests  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safet y, [ ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BRA/1679  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and lan guage(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 June 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2020  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  Natio nal Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture  
Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address,  fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture  
Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br