. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/224 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5642) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Health Protection) / Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
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):  Apples  
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. 1 of 14 September 2006, published in Official Journal No. 182 
of 21 September 2006, pages 19 to 24 (available only in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17292  
6. Description of content:   The notified text approves the Normas Técnicas Específicas para a 
Produção Integrada de Maçã  (Technical standards specific to integrated apple production). 
It also repeals the Normative Instruction of the Secretário de Desenvolvimento 
Agropecuário e Cooperativismo , SDC (Secretariat of Agricultural Development and 
Cooperativism) No. 5 of 22 September 2005. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, gu ideline 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption:   21 September 2006 G/SPS/N/BRA/224 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   21 September 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] 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 notifica tion 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