. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/506 
3 December 2008  
 (08-5895) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Pesticide on lettuce, coffee, barley, beans, wheat and sugar cane 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Resolution on gibberellic acid 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation modifies Resolution RE n.º165, 
29 August 2003, by including in it the use of gi bberellic acid in the cultures of lettuce (leaf 
application), coffee (leaf application), barley (leaf, seed and soil application), beans (leaf application), wheat (leaf,  seed and soil app lication) and sugar cane (soil application). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 N°)     
[ X ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/BRA/506 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 18 November 2008; Section 1, page 45. Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 63, 14 November 2008, issued by Brazilian Sanitary 
Surveillance Agency – Anvisa; to be publishe d at Brazilian Official Journal (available in 
Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  January 2009  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  January 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  18 December 2008 
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:    
 Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
 SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega  CEP 70770-502 
 Brasilia – DF/Brasil 
 Tel:  +(55 61) 3462 5424  Fax:  +(55 61) 3462 5414  E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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[24450-1-0].PDF