. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/437 
26 June 2008 
 (08-3043) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 
Protection), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)  
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 for planting, rootless plants and in vitro  plants of Chrysanthemum spp. 
(International Classification for St andards (ICS) code 0602.90.2)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Bolivia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 19 of 4 June 2008 (1 page, in Portuguese only). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1841_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Brazil of plants for planting, rootless plants and in 
vitro  plants of Chrysanthemum spp. produced in Bolivia.  
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:  International Standards for Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) Nos. 1, 2 and 11  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 106 of 5 June 2008, Section 1, page 16, Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 19 of 4 June 2008, published by the Secretariat of Agricultural Protection (SDA), Ministry  of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA).  G/SPS/N/BRA/437 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  5 June 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  5 June 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirements have been adopted after 
consultation with the Bolivian Nationa l Plant Protection Organization (NPPO).  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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) 3218-2322 / 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:  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18803