. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/713 
11 February 2011 
 (11-0687) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Palm seed (HS tariff subheading 1209.99)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Costa Rica  
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios de Importación 
para Semillas de Palma (Elaeis guineensis, E. oleifera e E. guineensis x E. oleifera) 
Procedentes de Costa Rica (Proposed phytosanitary requirements for the importation into 
Brazil of palm ( Elaeis guineensis , E. oleifera  and E. guineensis  x E. oleifera ) seed from 
Costa Rica)  Language:  Portuguese Number of pages:  2 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_0380_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been conducted for pests affecting palm 
(Elaeis guineensis , E. oleifera  e E. guineensis  x E. oleifera ) seed from Costa Rica.  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)  
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   [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 11  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] 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 at the close of the comment 
period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined at the close of the comment 
period 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 March 2011 
Costa Rica'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 Relaciones Internacionales - SRI 
Ministério de la Agricultura, Pecuaria y Abastecimiento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil 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: