. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/460/Rev.1 
7 January 2011  
 (11-0093) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health - Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
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):  Raw cashew nuts Anacardium occidentale  (HS Code 08013) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Nigeria  
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction Nº33, issued on 8 December 2010, 
published in the Diário Oficial da União  (Federal Official Journal) from 9 December 2010, 
section 1  Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  1 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/BRA/10_4828_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  As a result of a pest risk analysis, the notified document approves 
the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of raw nuts of cashew Anacardium 
occidentale  produced in Nigeria.  It also lifts the suspension of importation notified as an 
emergency measure through G/SPS/ N/BRA/460, 13 August 2008. 
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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPMs Nº1, 
Nº2, Nº5, Nº11  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   G/SPS/N/BRA/460/Rev.1 
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   [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 December 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  9 December 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 December 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales - SRI 
Ministerio 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: