. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/703 
18 January 2011 
 (11-0287) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defensa 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):  Chenopodium quinoa Willd.  grain 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Peru 
5. Title of the notified document:  Propuesta de requisitos fitos anitarios de importación 
para granos de Chenopodium quinoa Wild., procedentes de Perú (Proposed phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Brazil of Chenopodium quinoa Willd. grain from 
Peru)  Language:  Portuguese Number of pages:  1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_0109_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  A pest risk analysis has been  conducted for pests affecting 
Chenopodium quinoa Willd.  grain from Peru.  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/703 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] 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) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
[ ] 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 
Peru'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: 
Secretaria de Relaciones Internacionales - SRI 
Ministério 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: