. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/733 
13 April 2011  
 (11-1886) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health - SDA/Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Potato seeds (HS Code 070110) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Portaria" Nº 78, issued on 24 March 2011, published in 
the "Diário Oficial da União" (Federal Offi cial Journal) of 29 March 2011, Section 1 
Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:  11 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_1133_00_x.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_1133_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Opens to public consultation the dr aft of regulation for production 
and trade of propagating material of potato ( Solanum tuberosum  L.).  
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. 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
 ISPMs N°1 and 16  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/BRA/733 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the period of comments. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the period of 
comments. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after the period of comments. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 May 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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:  http://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: