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G/SPS/N/BRA/831/Rev.1 
20 December 2012  
 (12-6984) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Seeds - HS Code(s):  120720, 120730, 120740, 100610, 100400, 100510, 
100200, 100300, 070820, 120600, 12099, 120400, 100820, 120100, 100700, 100110, 
100190, 100890 
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:  "Portaria" SDA/MAPA Nº 15 6, issued on 27 November 
2012  Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:  67 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/BRA/12_4817_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/BRA/12_4817_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified document opens a 120-days public consultation on a 
draft regulation that approves the relation of prohibited and tolerated noxious seeds on 
production and trade of seeds, and establishes specific rules and standards of identity and 
quality for production and trade of seeds of cotton,  peanut, rice, black rice, red rice, white 
oat, yellow oat, canola, rye, barley, pea, co wpea, bean, sesame, sunflower, jute, lint, castor 
bean, corn, millet, soybean, sorghum, tobacco, wheat, durum wheat, triticale, species of crops recorded on the National Register of Cultivars- RNC. 
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.    G/SPS/N/BRA/831/Rev.1 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM 1 and 21  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  "Diário 
Oficial da União" (Federal Official Journa l) from 28 November 2012, Section 1 (available 
in Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 March 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: