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G/SPS/N/BRA/759 
28 July 2011  
 (11-3875) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of 
Agricultural Protection), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Olive ( Olea europaea ) cuttings and seedlings (HS code:  060210) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Argentina  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación 
para Estacas y Mudas de Olivos (Olea europaea L.) Procedentes de Argentina (Proposed 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Brazil of olive ( Olea europaea L.) 
cuttings and seedlings from Argentina)   Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/BRA//11_2497_00_x.pdf 
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been conducted for pests affecting olive 
(Olea europaea L.) cuttings and seedlings from Argentina. This has made it possible to 
establish the relevant phytosanitary import requirements. 
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. 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)  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM Nos. 1, 2, 
5 and 11 
[ ] None G/SPS/N/BRA/759 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  26 September 2011 
Argentina's National Plant Protection Organization has been duly informed. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brazil Tel.: +(5561) 3218 2308 / 3218 2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225 4738 E-mail:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Website: http://www.agricultura.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: