. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/116 
15 July 2005 
 (05-3159) 
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):  GMO Soybeans and seeds. 
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:   Normative Instruction 
Nº 18, issued on 17 June 2005, published in the "Diário Oficial da Uniã o" (Federal Official 
Journal) Nº 118 on 22 June 2005, section 1 pa ge 17 (available only in Portuguese, a single 
page).  The text may be download ed from the following Internet site: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2005/PUBL ICACOES_DOU_JUNHO_2005/DO1_200
5_06_22-MAPA_MAPA.PDF 
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves the import of GMO Glyphosate 
Tolerant Soybean and seeds GTS 40-3-2,  as well as its products and by-products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] 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:  Law Nº 11105, see 
notification Nº G/SPS/N/BRA/103 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   22 June 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   22 June 2005 G/SPS/N/BRA/116 
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 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