. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/103 
6 June 2005 
 (05-2300) 
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 
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):  Genetically Modified Organi sms, or its by-products. 
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:   "Law Nº 11.105, issued 
on 24 March 2005, published in the "Diário Oficial da União” (Federal O fficial Journal) Nº. 
58, on 28 March 2005, section 1 page 1 (availab le only in Portuguese).  The text may be 
downloaded from the following Internet site: http://www.ctnbio.gov.br/index.php?action=/c ontent/view&cod_objeto=1296 (available in 
English, thirteen pages). 
6. Description of content:  The notified law regulates items II, IV and V of Paragraph 1 from 
Article 225 of the Federal Constitution of Br azil, providing safety norms and inspection 
mechanisms for activities that involve genetically modified organisms - GMOs and their 
by-products, establishes the National Biosafety Council ( CNBS ), re-structures the National 
Biosafety Technical Commission ( CTNBio) , defines the National Biosafety Policy ( PNB ), 
revokes Law nº 8.974, from 5 January 1995,  and Provisional Measure nº 2.191-9, from  
23 August 2001, and the arts. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16 of the Law nº 10.814, from 
15 December 2003, and provides other measures. 
This Law provides safety norms and inspection mechanisms for the construction, culture, 
production, manipulation, tran sportation, transfer, import, export, storage, research, 
marketing, environmental release and dischar ge of genetically modified organisms – 
GMOs and their by-products, guided by the objective of attaining scientific development in 
the biosafety and biotechnology areas, the protection of human, animal and plant health and life. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other damage from pests G/SPS/N/BRA/103 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:  Not available 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   28 March 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   28 March 2005 
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) 225-2308/218-22834 Telefax:  +(5561) 225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on 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) 225-2308/218-22834 
Telefax:  +(5561) 225-4738 
E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br