G/SPS/N/BRA/1381  
 
13 April 2018  
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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: 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 provided in addition, 
where applicable): Fresh fruit (Category 3, Class 4) of blueberry ( Vaccinium 
corymbosum ) 
4. Regions or c ountries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Spain  
5. Title of the notified document: Normative Instruction ( Instrução Normativa) nº 9 of 
19 March 2018 . Language(s): Portuguese.  Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/BRA/18_1993_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified text informs that the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) issued Norm ative Instruction nº 9, from 19  March  
2018, to approve the phytosanitary import requir ements of fresh fruit (Category  3, 
Class 4) of blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) produced in Spain . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, ident ify 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 N° 1, 
2, 5, 11  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/BRA/1381  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 22 March 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 22 March 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. The National Plant Protection 
Organization from Spain was previously consulted.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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 Agribusiness  International 
Relations; E -mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail add ress (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Agribusiness  International 
Relations; E -mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br