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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/276 
14 February 2007 
 (07-0644) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  ANVISA – Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency 
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):   Garlic, oats, persimmon, carrot,  guava, papaya, mango, passion fruit and 
watermelon.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Resolution on 
trifloxystrobin (Available in Portuguese, 3 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation modifies Resolution RE n.º165, 
29 August 2003, by including in it the use of trif loxystrobin (leaf application) in the cultures 
of garlic (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 14 days), oats (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and 
safety period of 30 days), persimmon (MRL: 0. 2 mg/kg and safety period of 20 days), carrot 
(MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 14 days), guava (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 20 days), papaya (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 7 days), mango (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 20 days), passion fruit (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 7 days) and watermelon (MRL: 0.05 mg/kg and safety period of 14 days). 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Brazilian Official 
Journal (Diário Oficial da Uniã o), 31 January 2007; Section 1, page 53.  Draft Resolution 
(Consulta Pública) number 7, 29 January 2007 , issued by Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance 
Agency – Anvisa;  to be published at Braz ilian Official Journal (Available in Portuguese). G/SPS/N/BRA/276 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2007. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  February 2007. 
12. Final date for comments:  15 February 2007. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega 
CEP 70770-502 
Brasilia – DF/Brasil Tel.:  (55) 61 3448 1078 Fax:  (55) 61 3448 1089 E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link: 
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[17412-1-0].PDF