NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION  N.      , OF                                  2011.  
 
The DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURE 
DEFENSE FOR THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND 
SUPPLY , exercising the powers conferred upon him by Articles No . 10 and 42, annex 
I, of the Executive Order No . 7.127 , of March  the 4th, 2010, in accordance to  the 
Legislative Order No.  885, of August 30, 2005; the  Executive Order No . 5.759, of April 
the 17th, 2006 ; the Executive Order No . 1.355, of December the 30th, 1994;  the 
Executive Order No . 24.114, of April the 12th, 1934; the Normative Instruction  No. 23, 
of August the 2nd, 2004; the  Normative Instruction  No. 6, of May the 16th, 2005 , and 
considering further the results of the Pest Risk Analysis and what is in Case 
No. 2100 0.000507/2011 -02, decides the following:  
 
Art. 1. To approve phytosanitary requirements to import carrot ( Daucus  carota ) 
seeds (Category 4, class 3) produced in Australia . 
Art. 2. The consignment specified  in Art. 1 should be free of soil material and  
plant debris, and also be accompanied by Phytosanitary Certificate – PC issued by 
Australia  National Plant Protection Organization  – NPPO with the following Additional 
Declarations:  
 
I. AD 5 – The carrot seeds production sites were submitted to official 
inspectio n during crop growth  and were not detected the weeds Cirsium arvense, 
Cuscuta campestris, Cuscuta epithymum,  Orobanche spp and Striga  spp; 
II. AD 15 – The consignment of carrot seeds  is free from the weeds Cirsium 
arvense, Cuscuta campestris, Cuscuta epithymu m, Orobanche spp., Striga  spp., 
Acroptilon repens,  Amaranthus blitoides,  Euphorbia helioscopia,  Heliotropium 
europeaum,  Hibiscus trionum,  Imperata cylindrica,  Phalaris paradoxa, 
Polygonum nepalense, Senecio vulgaris  and  Sonchus arvensis,  the nematode 
Ditylenchus dipsaci , the Arabis mosaic and Broad bean wilt v iruses, and the 
fungus  Mycocentrospora acerina  according to the results of official la boratory 
analysis number (  ). 
 
Art. 3. The imported consignment specified on Art. 1. of this Normative  
Instruct ion will be inspected at point  of entr y (Phytosanitary Inspection – PI) and 
samples will be  collected and sent either to an official or certified laboratory for 
phytosanitary analysis.  
Sole P aragraph. Costs for shipping, as well as costs for analysis, will  be charged 
to the interested party. One will also be depositary for the rest of the consignment until 
the analysis  conclusion.  In the intervening time, planting and commercializing the carrot  
seeds  are forbidden.  
Art. 4. If quarantine pests or pests not r egistered in Brazil are found on the 
consignment specified on Art. 1, procedures established on Executive Order  No. 24.114, 
of April 12, 1934, shall be adopted.  
Sole Paragraph. In case of intercepting quarantine pest, Australia  NPPO will be 
notified and Br azil NPPO  may  suspend imports until the Pest Risk Analysis is revised.  
Art. 5. Australia NPPO should notify Brazil NPPO  of any occurrence of new 
pests in one’s territory.  
Art. 6. This Normative Instruction  is effective as of the date of its publication.  
 
 
FRANCISCO SERGIO FERREIRA JARDIM