G/TBT/N/BRA/696  
 
17 October 2016  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original : English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : BRAZIL   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) : 
2. Agency responsible : Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (An visa) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above : 
National Institute of Metrol ogy, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)  
Telephone : +(55) 21 2563.2840  
Telefax : +(55) 21 2563.5637  
Email : barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas   
The comments to this Draft Regulation shall be sent 
to: http://formsus.datasus.gov.br/site/formulario.php?id_aplicacao=2 8234  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other : 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Labels and leaflets of 
pesticides, wood preservers and others  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document : Draft Technical 
Resolution n. 261, 10 October 2016, regarding guidelines for toxicological information in 
labels and leaflets of pesticides and wood preservers (13 pages, in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content : This Draft Resolution approves the Technical Regulation which 
establishes the guidelines for toxicological information in  labels and leaflets of pesticid es, 
wood preservers and others.  
This D raft Res olution revokes the Diretrizes e  Exigências do Ministério da Saúde, 
Refere ntes à  Autorização de Registro, Renovação de Registro e Extensão de Uso de 
Agrotóxicos e Afins (Guidelines and Exigencies of the Ministry of Health, regarding Register 
Author ization, Register Renovation and Extension of Pesticides  Use) approved by the 
Divisions of Products, Human Ecology and Environmental Health and Risk Assessment as 
Diretrizes e  Exigências, Referentes à autorização de Registros, Renovação de Registro e 
Exten são de Uso de Produtos Agrotóxicos e afins (Guidelines and Exigencies, regarding 
Register Authorization, Register Renovation and Extensio n of Pesticides Use)  – n. 01, 
9 December 1991, published on Brazilian Official Journal, 13 December 1991 and Endorsed 
by the Ordinance n . 03, 16 January 1992, from the Technical -Normative Department of 
the Sanitary Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human h ealth or safety  G/TBT/N/BRA/696  
 
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  8. Relevant documents : 1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 11 October 
2016, Section 1, p. 44; 2) Not stated; 3) Brazilian Official Journal; 4) Not stated . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined after the end o f the consultation period  
Proposed date of entry into force : 90 (ninety) days upon its publication   
10. Final date for comments : 20 October 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and webs ite address es, if available , of other body:  
Agency Responsible  
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)  
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57  
Brasília  – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.205 -050 
Phone. : +(55) 61 3462.5402  
Website : http://www.anvisa.gov.br   
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/2858730/%281%29CONSULTA+P%C3%9ABL
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