. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/435 
11 June 2008 
 (08-2745) 
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):  Forage plant seeds (International Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 12.09.1)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 30 of 21 May 2008 (16 pages, in Portuguese). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1679_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction establishes rules governing the 
production and marketing of tropical forage plant seeds. 
 Abrogation of Portaria  (Ministerial Act) No. 341 of  7 December 1984;  Ministerial 
Act No. 34 of 25 December 1984;  Normative Instruction No. 40 of 12 June 2002; 
Normative Instruction No. 41 of 12 June 2002;   and Normative Instruction No. 57 of 
8 November 2002.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] 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. 16  G/SPS/N/BRA/435 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 97, of 23 May 2008, Section 1, pages 45 to 48, Instrução 
Normativa  (Normative Instruction) No. 30, of 21 May 2008, of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  23 May 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 May 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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) 3218-2322 / 3218-2834 
Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notifica tion authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18678