. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/272 
30 January 2007 
 (07-0427) 
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:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health – SDA / 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):   Wood packaging materials and dunnage.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "Portaria" Nº 7, issued 
on 11 January 2007, published in the "Diário Of icial da União" Nº 12 (Federal Official 
Journal) from 17 January 2007, section 1, pages 3 to 6 (ava ilable only in Portuguese, 
three pages).   
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation opens a 60-days period for public 
comments on the draft Normative Instruction and its annexes that provides technical 
recommendations of the International Sta ndard for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 
(ISPM 15), that deals with the guidelines to re gulate the phytosanitary certification of wood 
packaging material (WPM) used in international trade. 
It was previously notified as documents G/SPS/N/BRA/101,  on 6 June 2005 and 
G/SPS/N/BRA/96, on 1 October 2004. 
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:  ISPM No. 1,  ISPM No. 18. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be announced after the comment period. G/SPS/N/BRA/272 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  16 April 2007. 
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 Tel.:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 Fax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Website:  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 
Tel:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 
Fax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Website:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/  
The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
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