NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION  No , OF        , 2011. 
 
 
The SECRETARY OF LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURE DEFENSE FOR THE 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND SUPPLY, exercising the powers conferred upon 
him by Arts No. 10 and 42, annex I, of the Executive Order No. 7.1 27, of March the 4th, 2010; in 
Legislative Order No. 885, of August 30, 2005; in Executive Order No. 5.759, of April the 17th, 2006; in 
Executive Order No. 1.355, of December the 30th, 1994; in Executive Order No. 24.114, of April the 12th, 
1934; in Normat ive Ruling No. 23, of August the 2nd, 2004; in Normative Ruling No. 6, of May the 16th, 
2005 and considering further the results of the Pest Risk Analysis and what is in Case n. 
21000.005356/2009 – 56, decides the following:  
 
Art. 1 . To approve phytosanita ry requirements to import ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.)  
seeds  (Category  4, Class  3) raised in  Italy. 
 
Art. 2 . The consignment of seeds  referred to in Art. 1 must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary 
Certificate (PC) issued by Italy National Plant Protect ion Organization (NPPO) along with the following 
Additional Declarations  (ADs):  
 
I – DA1: The consignment of  ryegrass  seeds  is free from  Trogoderma glabrum  and 
Trogoderma versicolor ; 
 
II – DA2: The consignment of  ryegrass seeds  has been treated with (speci fy: product, dose or 
concentration, temperature), for the control of  Ascochyta sorghi , Fusarium crookwellense , Tilletia laevis  
e Urocystis agropyr i, under official supervision;  
 
III – DA5:  The ryegrass seeds  production sites were submitted to official insp ection during 
crop season and the  weeds  Lolium  rigidum, Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus myosuroides , Amaranthus 
albus , Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus graeciz ans, Apera  spica -venti, Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  
rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia,  Euphorbia  esula , Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium 
europaeum, Hirschfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium loeselii  and Sisymbrium orientale , and 
the wheat streak mosaic virus were not detected ; 
 
IV – DA15: The ryegrass seeds  consignment  is free from the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae 
pv. Atropurpurea , the fungi Ascochyta sorghi , Fusarium crookwellense , Tilletia laevis  and Urocystis 
agropyri , the nema todes Anguina agrostis and Ditylenchus dipsaci , the weeds Chondrilla  juncea, 
Hieracium  pilosella, Imperata  cylindrica, Senecio  vulgaris  e Sonchus  arvensis , and the  wheat streak 
mosaic virus , according to the results of official laboratory analysis number (  ). 
 
Sole paragraph – Alternatively, for wheat streak mosaic virus , it is possible to state the AD5 : 
The ryegrass seeds  production sites were submitted to official inspection during crop season and  neither  
the wheat streak mosaic virus  nor the mites Aceria  tulipae and Aceria tosichella  were not detected . 
Another option for the weeds Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus myosuroides , Amaranthus albus , 
Amaranthus blitoi des, Amaranthus graecizans,  Apera  spica -venti, Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  
rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia,  Euphorbia  esula , Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium 
europaeum, Hirschfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium loeselii  and Sisymbrium orientale  is the  
use of  AD15 : The consignment of  ryegrass seeds  is free from the weeds Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus 
myosuroides , Amaranthus albus , Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus graecizans,  Apera  spica -venti, 
Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia,  Euphorbia  esula , 
Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium europaeum, Hirschfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium 
loeselii  and Sisymbrium orientale , according to the results of official laboratory analysis number ( ) . Art. 3 .  The consignments referred to in Art. 1 will be inspected at the entrance point 
(Phytosanitary  Inspection – FI), and samples  shall be collected  and sent to either official or certified 
laboratories for phytosanitary analysis . 
 
Sole Paragraph – The costs for shipping, as well as costs for analysis, will be charged to the 
interested party. One will also be depositary for the rest of the consignment  until the analysis conclusion.  
In the intervening time, planting and commercializing the ryegrass seeds  is forbidden.  
 
Art. 4.  If quarantine pests or pests not registered in Brazil are found on the consignment 
specified on Art. 1, procedures established on Brazilian  Decree  No. 24.114, of April 12, 1934, shall be 
adopted.  
Sole Paragraph – In case of intercepting quarantine pest, Italy NPPO will be notified and 
Brazil NPPO may suspend imports of Lolium multiflorum  seeds  until the Pest Risk Analysis is revised.  
 
Art. 5 .  In case of non -compliance of the conditions established on Art. 2 , the product will not 
be internalized.  
 
Art. 6. Italy NPPO should notify Brazil NPPO of any alteration  on phytosanitary status of  
ryegrass culture on regions  that produce seeds to  be exported  to Brazil.  
Art. 7.  This Normative Instruction is effective as of the date of its publication.  
  
 
 
FRANCISCO SÉRGIO FER REIRA JARDIM