. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/519 
29 January 2009  
 (09-0404) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Technical Biosafety Committee (CTNBio), Ministry of 
Science and Technology (MCT) 
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):  Genetically Modified Organisms – GMO 
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:  Normative Resolution Nº 5  Language:  Portuguese  
Number of pages:  8 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/BRA/09_0304_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/BRA/09_0304_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Regulates commercial releases of GMO and its derivates. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] 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 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/BRA/519 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal 
Official Gazette, Nº 50, 13 March 2008, secti on 1, pages 6-8 (available in Portuguese) 
Full text: 
https://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/i ndex.jsp?data=13/03/2008&jornal=1&pagina=6
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  12 March 2008 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  12 March 2008 
[   ] 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 
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:    
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) 3218 2308/3218 2834 
Fax:  +(5561) 3225 4738 
E-mail:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Website:  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:    
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link:  
http://www.ctnbio.gov.br/index. php/content/view/11444.html