. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/330 
3 July 2007  
 (07-2814)  
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
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):  Beta vulgaris  (beetroot), HS tariff heading 0706.90 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 20 of 22 May 2007, published in Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 99 of 24 May 2007, page  7 (4 pages, available only in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17771 
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the " Requisitos 
Fitosanitarios para Beta vulgaris (remolac ha hortícola), según País de Destino y Origen, 
para los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR " (Phytosanitary requirements for Beta vulgaris 
(beetroot),  according to country of destination a nd origin, for MERCOSUR States Parties), 
contained in the Annex to and forming part of this Normative Instruction. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,  
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests     
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[  ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/BRA/330 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group Resolution No. 60/06 (11 pages, in Spanish), available online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Norm as/normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/RES%20060-
006_ES_Remolacha%203.7.46.PDF 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  24 May 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 May 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. The requirements have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
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:    
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Website: www.agricultura.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and Email address (if available) of other body:    
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil 
Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Website: www.agricultura.gov.br