. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/455 
14 July 2008  
 (08-3378) 
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:  SDA/MAPA - Secretariat of Animal  and Plant Health, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply; ANVISA  – Brazilian Sanitary  Surveillance Agency; 
IBAMA - Brazilian Institute of Enviro nment and Renewable Natural Resources 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides 
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:  Joint Normative 
Instruction Nº 2, 20 June 2008  (available in Portuguese, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation establishes the toxicological and 
environmental impurities to be searched in studi es of technical products in basis of the active 
ingredients listed in Annex I.  
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    
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:   Brazilian Official 
Journal (Diário Oficial da Un ião) Nº 120, 25 June 2008; Se ction 1, pages 4-8. Joint 
Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa Conjunta) Number 2, issued by Secretariat of 
Animal and Plant Health, Ministry of Ag riculture, Livestock and Food Supply – 
SDA/MAPA, Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – Anvisa and Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resource s - IBAMA  (available in Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  25 June 2008   G/SPS/N/BRA/455 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  25 June 2008   
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, Li vestock 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:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
 Website:  www.a gricultura.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18873  
or 
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_2081_00_x.pdf