G/ADP/N/1/BRA/2/Suppl.9  
G/SCM/N/1/BRA/2/Suppl.8  
 
20 September 2013  
(13-5012)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS 
BRAZIL 
Supplement 
The following communication, dated 16 September 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil.  
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MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN TRADE  
SECRETARIAT OF FOREIGN TRADE 
 
ORDINANCE No. 3, DATED 7 FEBRUARY, 2013 
(PUBLISHED in the Official Gazette of February 8, 2013) 
(RATIFIED in the Official Gazette of February 14, 2013) 
 
Provides for the Protocol Service of the Secretariat of Foreign Trade.   
THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN TRADE OF THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRY AND 
FOREIGN TRADE, by using the prerogatives assigned  to her according to sub-paragraphs I and XIX 
of Article 15 of Annex I of Decree No. 7.096, of 4 February, 2010, DECIDES: 
 
Article 1º The Protocol Service of the Secretariat of Foreign Trade – SEP/SECEX is hereby established and shall function according to the provisions on Annex I of this Ordinance. 
 
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Article 7º To provide for the Sectorial Protocol and Archive of the Department of Trade Remedies 
(DECOM) of the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (S ECEX) and its functioning, as well as for the 
applicable rules concerning the receipt, recording,  dispatch and distribution of documents, and for 
the procedures related to trade remedies proceedings attributed to DECOM, according to the 
provisions in Annex II of this Ordinance. 
 Article 8º This Ordinance enters into force on the date of its publication. 
 
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  ANNEX II 
PROTOCOL SERVICE AND ARCHIVE OF TH E DEPARTMENT OF TRADE REMEDIES 
Article 1º The Department of Trade Remedies (DECOM) Sectorial Protocol and Archive shall act in a 
separate and independent manner from the General Protocol Service provided for in Ordinance 
No. 6, of January 11, 2008, of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. 
 Article 2º DECOM's Sectorial Protocol and Archive shall have the attributions of: 
 
I – receiving, numbering, recording, classifying and processing all correspondence and documents sent to DECOM; II – numbering, recording, classifying and pr ocessing all correspondence and documents 
sent by DECOM; 
III – controlling the receipt and dispatch of mail pouches and express deliveries; IV – attaching, detaching, enclosing and br inging together documents and proceedings 
related to DECOM's attributions; 
V – recording and gathering documents in proceedings related to trade remedies investigations; 
VI – controlling the Department's internal reproduction services; 
VII – ensuring the standardization of the proceedings provided for in this Ordinance; and VIII – organizing and updating the printed and electronic versions of the confidential and 
restricted case files of trade remedies proceedings. 
 
Article 3º DECOM's Sectorial Protocol and Archive shall operate from 8h30 to 16h30, at EQN 102/103 Norte, Lote 1, mezanino, sala 108, CEP 70722-400, Brasília, Distrito Federal.  
 
Article 4º In regard to the fulfillment of the time  limits provided for in trade remedies legislation 
and in correspondence sent by DECOM, only corr espondence received by the Sectorial Protocol 
until 16h30 of the due date of the corresponding  time limit shall be considered as timely. 
 Article 5º Documents submitted as confidential must contain the CONFIDENTIAL expression in all its pages, centralized at the top and at the bottom of each page, in the color red. The 
corresponding restricted version of such documents must contain the RESTRICTED on all its pages, 
centralized at the top and at the bottom of each page, in the color blue.  
Sole paragraph. All documents for which there is not a confidential version or for which such a 
version is not necessary shall be treated as restri cted, with no need for affixing the expression 
RESTRICTED.  
 
Article 6º Interested parties shall be able to access the original printed version of the restricted case files at the headquarters of DECOM's Sectorial Protocol and Archive, upon prior request.  
Sole paragraph. The original printed version of the case files shall not be removed from DECOM's 
Sectorial Protocol and Archive by the interested parties under any circumstances.   
Article 7º Due to the special nature of trade reme dies proceedings, the volumes of the case file 
shall be filed in plastic hard-covered binders containing not more than 500 leafs each, being the dismemberment of documents allowed where the capacity of the binder is exceeded.   
 
Article 8º The existence of electronic media and sa mples protocolled by interested parties shall be 
informed in the restricted case file of the proceeding.  
Article 9º All further provisions contained in Ordinance No. 5, of December 19, 2002, of the 
Secretariat of Logistics and Information Techno logy of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and 
Management, shall apply to DECOM's Sectorial Protocol and Archive. 
 
 
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