. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/142 
17 January 2006 
 (06-0207) 
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):  Seeds.  
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 25, issued on 16 December 2005, published in  the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 243 
(Federal Official Journal) from 20 December 2005, section 1, pages 18 to 26 (available only 
in Portuguese, 9 pages).  The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2005/PUBL ICACOES_DOU_DEZEMBRO_2005/DO1
_2005_12_20-MAPA_MAPA.PDF  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation establishes specific standards on quality 
and identity for the production and commercializa tion of seeds of cotton, rice, oat, ryegrass, 
bean, sunflower, castor-oil plant, corn, s oybean, sorghum, red clover, wheat, durum wheat, 
triticale and cowpea-beans.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal (20 December 2005)  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Offi cial Journal (20 December 
2005)  G/SPS/N/BRA/142 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
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:   
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:  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) 3218-2308/3218-22834 Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br