. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/216 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4515) 
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:  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):  Prunus armeniaca  (apricot trees) 
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. 26 of 31 July 2006, published in Official Journal No. 148 of 
3 August 2006, pages 6 and 7, and available in Portuguese only at  http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17205  
6. Descripción del contenido:   The notified Normative Instruction adopts the " Requisitos 
Fitosanitarios para Prunus armeniaca (damasco ) según País de Destino y Origen, para los 
Estados Partes del MERCOSUR " (Phytosanitary requirements for Prunus armeniaca 
(apricot trees) according to country of d estination and origin, for MERCOSUR States 
Parties), contained in the Annex to and form ing part of this Normative Instruction. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   MERCOSUR / GMC 
Resolution No. 56/05, available in Spanish online at 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/SM/es/N ormativa/resoluciones/2005/40a66/RES%20056-
05_damasco-ES.mht  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   3 August 2006 G/SPS/N/BRA/216 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   3 August 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 notification 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