G/SPS/N/BRA/12 15 
 
14 February 2017  
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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 specifie d in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): HS Codes: 07, 08, 12; ICS Codes: 13, 65  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading pa rtners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number 288, 
3 February 2017, regarding the active ingredient E19 - Etofenprox 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: 4 
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/3215468/CONSULTA+PUBLICA+N+288+
GGTOX.pdf/ebd7347a -61ed-44e2-9e20-260327870e28  
6. Description of  content: This Draft resolution incorporates the following changes for 
the active ingredient E19 - Etofenprox from the Relation of Monographies of Active 
Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers:  
 Change of safety security period from ten to seven days for apple culture ; 
 Change of safety security period from seven to three days for grape culture;  and 
 Inclusion of new cultures ( pumpkin, zucchini, broccoli, chayote, kale, Chinese 
cabbage, Brussels sprout s, cauliflower, maxixe,  cucumber, cab bage, potato and 
watermelon ) with MRL (of 0,1; 0,1; 0,02; 0,1; 0,02; 0,02; 0,02; 0,02; 0,1; 0,1; 
0,02; 0,03 and 0,1 mg/kg respectively) and safety security period  (of three days 
except for potato and watermelon for which this period is of sev en days  and one day 
respectively ). 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant in ternational 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) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   G/SPS/N/BRA/1215  
 
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  [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:   
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 det ermined 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 determined after the end of the consultation period.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final dat e for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 February 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [ ]  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: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number an d 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