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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/57
13 November 2001
(01-5758)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D. Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900
Brasília-DF
Tel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15
Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316E-mail:  dome-sda@agricultura.gov.br
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Potato seeds  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  United States, Canada, Argentina, Bolivia, EC member States and
other countries potentially interested in exporting potato seeds to Brazil
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Ruling (Instrução Normativa)
n° 18, 5 September 2001, published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da
União), 11 September 2001 (3 pages)
5. Description of content:  Based on a risk analysis, new maximum levels of admitted
contamination with non-quarantine regulated pests and for maximum levels of physiologicaldefects in potato seeds produced, imported or traded in Brazil were established.  The rule
establishes also a sampling methodology.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Official
Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 11 September 2001 (3 pages) (Available in Portuguese
only)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  11 November 2001G/SPS/N/BRA/57
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  11 November 2001
11. Final date for comments:  10 November 2001
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:
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900
Brasília-DF
Tel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15
Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316
E-mail:  dome-sda@agricultura.gov.br
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 406
70043-900
Brasília-DF
Tel:  +(5561) 218 2314/15Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995/218-2316
E-mail:  dome-sda@agricultura.gov.br