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Notifying Member: Brazil

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)

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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): HS Code: 060290 - Seedlings of Phalaenopsis spp.

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[ ]      All trading partners  

[X]    Specific regions or countries: Chinese Taipei

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Title of the notified document: Phytosanitary requirements for importation into Brazil of seedlings of Phalaenopsis spp from Chinese Taipei.  Language(s): Portuguese  Number of pages: 2

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/sps/BRA/15_0218_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This is to notify that the Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply issued Normative Instruction No 1 on 7 January 2015, published in the Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da Uni?o) on 9 January 2015, section 1, to establish the phytosanitary requirements for import of seedlings of Phalaenopsis spp from Chinese Taipei, as a result of pest risk analysis.

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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.  

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]      Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]      World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[X]    International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) 1, 5 and 11.

[ ]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: "Diário Oficial da Uni?o" (Federal Official Journal) from 9 January 2015, section 1, page 6 (available in Portuguese).

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 9 January 2015

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 9 January 2015

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 9 January 2015

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:  

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body: