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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/63
25 February 2002
(02-0934)
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 3995/218-2316
E-mail:  domc-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).  Pesticides in general (chemical, biological and of natural origin)  Regions or
countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Mercosur, NAFTA,
European Union, Switzerland, China, China Taip ei, India, South Africa, South Korea, North
Korea and other countries interested in exporting these products to Brazil
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Decree Nº 4.074, of
4 January 2002, published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), Section
I, on 8 January 2002 (48 pages)
5. Description of content:  The new regulation revokes the Decree 98.816 of 1990 and
incorporates some Instruction Norms (Instruções Normativas) and Ministerial Acts(Portarias) issued after 1990, consolidating the rules governing the registration of pesticides
and correlated products in Brazil.  The major change is the adoption of registration by
equivalency, as suggested by the FAO Manual on Development and Use of FAO
Specifications for Plant Protection Products, fifth edition, January 1999 ( www.fao.org) .
The new ruling shortens the registration period to 150 days, allowing for concomitant
analysis by the three Ministries involved (Agriculture, Health and Environment). It is
foreseen the establishment through complementary legislation of specific procedures and
criteria to register products with low toxicity  and low risk to the environment.  The Decree
4.074 sets a time limit until December 2002 for the three Ministries to establish joint criteria
for the use of risk analysis for the registration of pesticides.  Registration fees areunchanged at the Ministries of Health and of the Environment and exempt at the Ministry of
Agriculture.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Manual on Development and Use of FAO
Specifications for Plant Protection Products, fifth edition, January 1999.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree Nº 4.074, of
4 January 2002, published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União),
Section I, on 8 January 2002 (48 pages). (Available in Portuguese only)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  8 January 2002
10. Proposed date of entry into force:   January 2002
11. Final date for comments:
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:
Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal (DDIV)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B, 3º andar
70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 225-5341E-mail:  cfa@agricultura.gov.br
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Coordenação-Geral de Informação Documental Agrícola (CENAGRI)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, Térreo e 1º andar
70843-900 – Caixa Postal 02432 – Brasília-DFDDG:  0800.61.1995
Fax:  +(5561) 323-4569
E-mail:  cenagri@agricultura.gov.br