G/TBT/N/BRA/767  
 
11 December 2017  
(17-6805) 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: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)  
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 2563.2765  
Telefax: +(55) 21 2563.5637  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmet ro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
The comments to this Draft Regulation shall be sent to  
http://formsus.datasus.gov.br/site/formulario.php?id_aplicacao=32938  
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): Active 
Ingredient  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: This Resolution 
changes substantially the Resolution RDC - 177, 21 September 2017, which provides the 
prohibition of the active ingredient Paraquate in pesticides in the country and on transi tory 
mitigation measures. Art. 1 Art. 3 and 4 of the Resolution - RDC nº 177, 
21 September  2017, shall be in force with the following wording: "Art. 3 The following 
conditions regarding products based on the active ingredient Paraquate are prohibited from 
the date of the publication of this Resolution: I - the production and importation of 
products formulated in packages with a volume of less than 5 (five) liters; II - the use in 
avocado, pineapple, asparagus, beet, cocoa, coconut, cabbage, pasture, pear, p each, 
rubber, sorghum and grapes cultures; and III - costal, manual, aerial and open cabin 
tractor applications. Paragraph 1 Under the terms of item I, the production of products 
formulated in packages with a volume of less than 5 (five) liters is excluded  for export 
purposes. Paragraph 2 The products acquired by farmers, legal or physical, destined to the 
final use, can be used until its exhaustion Art. 4 - The requests for the toxicological 
evaluation for the purposes of registration of technical products  formulated based on the 
active ingredient of Paraquate pesticide in process at Anvisa are closed from the date of 
publication of this Resolution. (NR) Art. 2 – It changes to 180 (one hundred and eighty) 
days the deadline established on the art. 5º of Reso lution RDC 177/2017 Art. 3 – It 
changes to 120 (one hundred and twenty) days the deadline established on the art. 6º of 
Resolution RDC 177/2017.   
6. Description of content: Protection of Human Health  G/TBT/N/BRA/767  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of ur gent problems where 
applicable: Protection of Human Health  
8. Relevant documents:  Resolution RDC nº 177 of 21 September 2017 notified as 
G/TBT/N/BRA/760.  
The full text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:  
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/2871639/RDC_177_2017_COMP.pdf/d18259
9c-e61a-4edf-9044-1fb0a72b2fe7   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the date of its publication  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email  and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Agency Responsible  
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)  
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57  
Brasília – DF/Brazil  
CEP: 71.205 -050 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3462.5402  
Website: www.anvisa.gov.br  
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/2871639/RDC_190_2017_.pdf/eb2f6c7f -
c965-4e76-bed9-ea9842e48b5c