. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/644 
25 June 2010  
 (10-3479) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Fresh fruits of Papaya ( Carica papaya L. ) (HS Code: 080720) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  United States  
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction n° 17, issued on 27 May 2010, 
published in the "Diário Oficial da União"  N° 101 (Federal Official Journal) of 
28 May 2010, section 1, page 83 and 84  Language:  Portuguese only 
Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/BRA/10_2515_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation establishes the procedures for 
phytosanitary inspection of papaya orchards ( Carica papaya L. ) in Brazilian states that 
have papaya exporting programmes to the Unite d States, with the objective of identify and 
eliminate infected plants by Papaya meleira ví rus – PMeV and Papaya ringspot vírus – type 
P-PRSV-P.  It revokes Normative In struction n° 4, 01 March 2002. 
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)   ISPMs 1, 5, 6  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/BRA/644 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  28 May 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  28 May 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  28 May 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
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:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations – SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3° 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: