. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/259 
9 January 2007 
 (07-0092) 
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):  Allium sativum (garlic)  
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. 46 of 20 December 2006, published in Official Journal No. 244 
of 21 December 2006, pages 9 and 10 (available only in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2006/PUBL ICACOES_DOU_DEZEMBRO_2006/DO1
_2006_12_21-MAPA.PDF 
6. Description of content:   The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Requisitos 
Fitossanitários para Allium sativum (alho), se gundo o País de Destino e Origem, para os 
Estados Partes do MERCOSUL  (Phytosanitary requirements for Allium sativum  (garlic), 
according to country of destination and orig in, for MERCOSUR States Parties), contained 
in the Annex to and forming part of this Normative Instruction. 
 Abrogation of Normative Instruction No. 15 of 15 March 2002. 
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, gu ideline 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:  G/SPS/N/BRA/259 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   MERCOSUR / GMC 
Resolution No. 19/06, available in Spanish online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/ normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/GMC_2006_RES-
019_ES_Sub-Estandar%203.7.2.pdf. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   21 December 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   21 December 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 notificati on 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