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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/90
8 December 2003
(03-6479)
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:   ANVISA – Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency
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):  Natural enemies used on biological control HS 29
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Public consultation
n.º 92 on natural enemies used on biological control, published at Diário Oficial da União(Official Journal) on 4 November 2003 (Available in Portuguese, 2 pages)
6. Description of content:  It establishes procedures to be adopted on the registration,
toxicological, environmental evaluation of na tural enemies - parasitoids, nematoids and
predators - considered as biological control agents.
This measure will also be notified under the TBT Agreement
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safet y, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree 4.074,
2 January 2002 (Available in Portuguese and English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be defined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be defined.G/SPS/N/BRA/90
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12. Final date for comments:  10 December 2003
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:
Gerência-Geral de Relações Internaconais
Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA)
SEPN 515, Bloco B, Edifício Ômega
70770-502
Brasília-DF
Tel:  + (5561) 448 1078
Fax:  + (5561) 448 1089E-mail/Internet:  rel@anvisa.gov.br
Web site:  www.anvisa.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:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://www.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[5806-1-0].PDF