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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/78
14 April 2003
(03-2034)
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
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 should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Melons ( Cucumis melo, Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis sativus  and Cucurbita
spp)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Countries which have the fruit fly ( Anastrepha grandis ) as an endemic pest.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa
SDA Nº 7 issued 27 January 2003, published in the Diário Oficial da União (Federal
Official Journal) dated 29 January 2003, in Po rtuguese.  The text may be downloaded from
the following Internet page:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/ddiv/LegisFito/
6. Description of content:  After more than a decade of surveillance (since 1991), following
the FAO standard on the establishment of pest free zones, Brazil declares a circuit ofmunicipalities in the State of Rio Gran de do Norte as free from the fruit fly ( Anastrepha
grandis ).
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   ISPM Nº 4 from FAO was used as a technical
standard to establish the pest free zone.
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Portuguese, one page
10. Proposed date of adoption:   29 January 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   29 January 2003G/SPS/N/BRA/78
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12. Final date for comments:   Not established
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) 218-2627
E-mail:  ddiv@agricultura.gov.br
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Divisão de Assuntos de Sanidade junto à OMC
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, sala 414 B
70843-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 224 3995
E-mail:  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br