G/SPS/N/BRA/890  
 
27 August 2013  
(13-4560)  Page: 1/2  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plant and 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 29 of 
the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of 29 July 2013  Language(s): 
Portuguese  Number of pages: 25 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/BRA/13_3404_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: It establishes the procedures and criteria for issuance of 
phytosanitary certificates (PC) and phytosanitary certificates for re-export (PCR), as 
exporter request, and approves models of forms. 
It also revokes Portaria nº 257 of 27 July 1972, Portaria nº 912 of 3 October 1978, 
paragraphs 1 and 5 of article 16 of Normative Instruction nº 54 of 4 December 2007 
notified as G/SPS/N/BRA/249/Add.1 and the forms VIII, IX, X and XI and Section V - 
Phytosanitary Certificate, in Chapter II attached to Normative Instruction nº 36 of 10 November 2006 notified as G/SPS/N/BRA/144/Add.1. 
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 international st andard? 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 N° 1, 
7 and 12  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/BRA/890 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Diário Oficial da União (Official Journal) of 30 July 2013, Section 1 (available in Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 28 October 2013 
[ ] 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 hand le 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 Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: