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G/SPS/N/BRA/782 
16 November 2011 
 (11-5893) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of 
Agricultural Protection), 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):  In vitro  Pinus taeda seedlings 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Chile  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposta de requisitos fitossani tários para importação de 
mudas in vitro de Pinus taeda produzidas no Chile (Proposed phytosanitary requirements 
for the importation into Brazil of in vitro  Pinus taeda seedlings from Chile) 
Language(s):  Portuguese Number of pages:  1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_3877_00_x.pdf 
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been conducted for pests affecting in vitro  
Pinus taeda seedlings from Chile.  This has made it possible to establish the relevant 
phytosanitary import requirements. 
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)  International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 11  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/BRA/782 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the comment period. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 January 2012 
Chile's National Plant Protection Organization has been duly informed. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Relaciones Internacionales para la Agroindustria, SRI 
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abastecimiento, MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900, Brasilia, 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: