. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/271 
30 January 2007 
 (07-0425) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Plants and plant products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  "Portaria" Nº 4, issued 
on 15 January 2007, published in the "Diário Of icial da União" Nº 10 (Federal Official 
Journal) from 15 January 2007, section 1, pa ges 3 and 4 (available only in Portuguese, 
two pages).   
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation opens a 90-days period for public 
comments on the draft Normative Instruction and its annexes that provides technical 
guidance on the specific procedures for the app lication of ionizing radiation as a quarantine 
phytosanitary treatment, according ISPM No. 18. 
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:  ISPM No. 1,  ISPM No. 18. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be announced after the comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.  G/SPS/N/BRA/271 
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  12. Final date for comments:  16 April 2007. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or 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/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Website:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or 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/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br  
Website:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/  
The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17571