. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/418 
19 May 2008  
 (08-2289) 
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:  SDA/MAPA - Secretariat of Animal  and Plant Health, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply; ANVISA  – Brazilian Sanitary  Surveillance Agency; 
IBAMA - Brazilian Institute of Enviro nment and Renewable Natural Resources 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides for use in quarantine, sani tary, phytosanitary and environmental 
emergencies 
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:  Joint Normative 
Instruction Nº 1, 15 April 2008 (a vailable in Portuguese, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation establis hes criteria and procedures for 
registration of pesticides, their components for use in quarantine, san itary, phytosanitary and 
environmental emergencies.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:   Brazilian Official 
Journal (Diário Oficial da Un ião) Nº 76, 22 April 2008; Section 1, pages 57-58.  Joint 
Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa Conj unta) number 1, issued by Secretariat of 
Animal and Plant Health, Ministry of Ag riculture, Livestock and Food Supply – 
SDA/MAPA, Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – Anvisa and Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resour ces - IBAMA (available in Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  22 April 2008 G/SPS/N/BRA/418 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  22 April 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
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, Live stock 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:  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: 
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18583