G/SPS/N/BRA/1341  
 
11 January 2018  
(18-0356) 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: The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)  
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): HS Code(s): 10, 08, 52, 12; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  
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: Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) 
number  436, 4 December  2017, regarding the active ingredient  H07 - HALOXYFOP -P of the 
monograph list of active ingredients for pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian 
Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September  2003. Language(s): 
Portuguese.  Number of pages: 5 
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/3795084/CON SULTA+PUBLICA+N+436+GG
TOX.pdf/d6b28ac5 -bd37-4b76-9236-c07a683b8e7b  
6. Description of content: Inclusion of  sugarcane, citrus, apple, corn, millet, wheat and 
grape culture with MRL and safety security period of 30, 30, 48, 70 (post -emergency use), 
not dete rmined due to the mode of use, not determined due to the mode of use and 
97 days respectively; 0,05, 0,01, 0,01, 0,01, 0,01, 0,01 e 0,01 mg/kg; inclusion of pre 
emergency use (application) of cotton and bean cultures; changes the safety security 
period, MRL and mode of use of soybean culture of 98 days, 0,05 post -emergency, to 
90 days, 0,2 and pre and post emergency, respectively; exclusion of the potato culture 
with MRL and safety security period of 0,3 mg/kg and 45 days; inclusion of non -
agricultural us e in industrial yards, transmission lines, electrical distribution and telephone 
cables, gas pipelines and nature conservation; inclusion of  black wattle, eucalypt and pine 
for nonfood use for the active ingredient H07 - HALOXYFOP -P in the Relation of 
Mono graphies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood 
Preservers.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territor y from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? 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) :  G/SPS/N/BRA/1341  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  after the end of the 
consultation period.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined after the end of the 
consultation period.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determi ned after the end of the consultation period.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 January 2018  
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:  
Patrícia Oliveira Pereira Tagliari  
Tel: +(55 61) 3462 5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Patrícia Oliveira Pereira Tagliari  
Tel: + (55 61) 3462  5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br