. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/249 
18 December 2006 
 (06-6027) 
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:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
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):   Permit to transit  plant and/or plant products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Normative Instruction 
Nº 37, issued on 17 November 2006, published in  the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 221 
(Federal Official Journal) from 20 November 2006, section 1, pages 3, 4, and 5 (available 
only in Portuguese, three pages).  The text may be downloaded from the following Internet 
site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17399  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves the regulations governing the 
permit to transit plant and/or plant pr oducts within the national territory. 
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:  These regulations are in consonance with the 
International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures ISPMs 4, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21 and 22 of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  20 November 2006. G/SPS/N/BRA/249 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  19 March 2007. 
After the its entry into force of this re gulation, Normative In struction Nº 11 from 
27 March 2000 shall be revoked.  
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60 days) after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 
Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Web site:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Web site:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/