G/SPS/N/BRA/1314  
15 November 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)  
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) : Mangoes  
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 : Instrução Normativa 34  (Normative Instruction No. 34) 
Language(s) : Portuguese Number of pages : 1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/BRA/17_5068_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified text acknowledges, for domestic control purposes, 
that the quarantine pest Sternochetus mangiferae , which is normally absent from Brazilian 
territory and which is hosted exclusively by the mango plant ( Mangifera indica ), has been 
detected in mangoes from non -commercial areas in the municipalities of Paracamb i, Río de 
Janeiro and Seropédica, which form part of the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de 
Janeiro in the State of Rio de Janeiro . The text declares these municipalities to be 
prohibited zones and bans the transit of mangoes grown in these municipa lities through 
unaffected areas.  
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.  
8. Is there a relevant inte rnational standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[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/1314  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 14 September 2 017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 14 September 2 017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 14 September 2 017 
[ ] 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.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: