. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/381 
15 January 2008 
 (08-0173) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
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):  Musa spp. (banana-producing species), HS tariff heading 0803.00 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 57 of 12 December 2007, published in Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 239 of 13 December 2007, Section 1, page 15 (5 pages, available only 
in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18283  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the  Requisitos 
Fitossanitários para Musa spp (Espécies Produt oras de Banana), segundo o País de Destino 
e de Origem, para os Estados Partes do MERCOSUL  (Phytosanitary requirements for Musa  
spp. (banana-producing species), according to country of destination and origin, for 
MERCOSUR States Parties), contained in the A nnex to and forming part  of this Normative 
Instruction. 
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. 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:  International Standard for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) No. 1 G/SPS/N/BRA/381 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group Resolution No. 53/06 (11 pages, in Spanish), available online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Norm as/normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/RES%20053-
006_ES_Banana%20%203.7.33.PDF  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  13 December 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  13 December 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirements have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
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:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio – SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento – MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 – Brasília – DF – Brazil Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio – SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento – MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 – Brasília – DF – Brazil 
Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br
 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br