. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/124 
21 October 2005 
 (05-4867) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Wood packaging materials  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Normative Instruction 
Nº 9, issued on 7 July 2005, published in the "Diário Oficial da Uniã o" (Federal  Official 
Journal) from 11 July 2005, section 1, page 3 (A vailable only in Portuguese, a single page). 
The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2005/PUBLICACOES_DOU_JULHO_2005/DO1_2005
_07_11-MAPA_MAPA.PDF  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation establishes the rules applying to 
phytosanitary treatment with Methyl Bromide fumigation for quarantine purpose at the start 
of the transit procedure, as mentioned in Ar ticle 1, paragraph 8 from the Joint Normative 
Instruction nº 01, from 14 February 2002.  
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), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  ISPM 15 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  11 July 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  11 July 2005 G/SPS/N/BRA/124 
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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  Tel: +(5561) 3225-2308/3218-22834  Fax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 
 E-mail/Internet: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
 Website:  www.agricultura.gov.br 
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication 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  Tel: +(5561) 3225-2308/3218-22834  Fax:  +(5561) 3225-4738  E-mail/Internet: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
 Website:  www.agricultura.gov.br