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17 November 2020 
(20-8224) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 November 2020, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Brazil . 
 
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Resolution - RDC number 436, 5 November 2020  
The Resolution - RDC number 428, 7 October 2020 - previously notified through G/SPS/N/BRA/1788 
- which changes the Resolution - RDC number 177, 21 September 2017, which provides for the ban 
on the active ingredient Paraquat in pesticides in the country and for transitional ris k mitigation 
measures; and regulates the application of the stocks of the active ingredient Paraquat based 
products under possession of the Brazilian farmers in the crops management of the agricultural 
harvest of 2020/2021, was changed by the Resolution - RDC number 436, 5 November 2020.  
This regulation will be also notified to the TBT committee.  
The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:  
http://antigo.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/6053710/RDC_436_2020_.pdf/b36028dd -b15a-
4f6a-97d9-4b90a337cdac  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, p ublication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under  other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  G/SPS/N/BRA/1788/Add.2  
 
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  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:  
Assessoria de Assuntos Internacionais - AINTE  
International Affairs Office  
Agênc ia Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - Anvisa  
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency  
Tel: +(5561) 3462 5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br   
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Assessoria de Assuntos Internacionais - AINTE  
International Affairs Office  
Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - Anvisa  
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency  
Tel: +(5561) 3462 5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br   
 
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