. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/214 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4516) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   Spanish 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
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):  Citrus fruit 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa 
(Normative Instruction) No. 20 of 31 July 2006, published in Official Journal No. 149 of 
4 August 2006, pages 10 and 11, and available in Portuguese only at  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17202  
6. Descripción del contenido:   Adoption of the Sistema Integrado de Medidas Fitosanitarias 
para el manejo del Riesgo de Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri en Frutos Cítricos 
(Integrated phytosanitary measure sy stem for the risk management of Xanthomonas 
axonopodis pv. citri  in citrus fruit), approved by MERCOSUR / GMC Resolution 
No. 48/05, contained in the Annex to and forming part of this Normative Instruction. 
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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   MERCOSUR / GMC 
Resolution No. 48/05, available in Spanish online at http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/SM/es/N ormativa/resoluciones/2005/40a66/RES%20048-
05-Cancro-Citrico-ES.mht  G/SPS/N/BRA/214 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:   4 August 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   4 August 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [  ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - 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: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - 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: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br