. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/564 
22 July 2009  
 (09-3594) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  ANVISA – Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency 
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):  Thiamethoxam pesticide 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Resolution on Thiamethoxam 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:   
This draft technical regulation modifies Resolution RE n.º165, 29 August 2003, by 
including in it the use of thiamethoxam (seed s application) in the following cultures:  
- barley (seeds application, MRL of  0,05 mg/kg and safety period not determined); 
- sunflower (seeds application, MRL of  0,05 mg/kg and safety period not 
determined); 
- sorghum (seeds application, MRL of  0,05 mg/kg and safety period not 
determined); and 
- lea (seeds application, MRL of  0,05 mg/kg and safety period not determined). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None G/SPS/N/BRA/564 
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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 language(s) in which these are available:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 7 July 2009; Section 1, pages 105 and 106.  
Draft Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 50,  6 July 2009, issued by Brazilian Health 
Surveillance Agency – ANVISA; to be published at  Brazilian Official Journal  (available in 
Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2009  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  September 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  September 2009 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  7 August 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57 CEP: 71.205-050  Brasilia – DF - Brazil Tel.:  +(5561) 3462 5402 
Fax:  +(5561) 3462 5414 
E-mail:  naint@anvisa.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:    
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link:  
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[27095-1-0].PDF