Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-Table-III.5 |
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2013 |
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Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
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Table 3.5 Import controls, 2012
Responsible body / Document Required / Product
Ministry of Agriculture (live animals) and Forestry Economics (protected species) / Health certificate and CITES certificate / Live animals and protected species
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-III§3.66 |
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2013 |
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Other support measures |
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3.66. Law No. 22 2005 of 28 December 2005 established the Agriculture Support Fund as a public administrative body with the task of providing finance for agricultural, pastoral and fisheries production, marketing, conservation and institutional support.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/285 |
S-IV§4.1 |
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2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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4.1. The Congo covers an area of 342,000 km2, of which 60% is forest and 40% savannah (section 1.1). The soil is hydromorphic in the Congolese Basin and ferralitic in the rest of the country. In general, the soil is highly fragile, acid and sensitive to wind and/or water erosion
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-III§297 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
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Plant Variety Protection Law No. 9,456 of 25 April 1997 protects new plant varieties and derived plant varieties of any genus or species;. The law guarantees the property right to any natural or legal person obtaining a new plant variety or essentially derived variety. The term of protection is 15 years from the grant of a certificate except for vines, fruit trees, forest, trees, and ornamental trees, including the mother graft thereof, for which the term is 18 years. Plant varieties may be subject to compulsory licences for three-year periods, renewable .
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Forest
Renewable
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.4 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Federal Government agricultural credit programmes administered by the BNDES, harvest year 2011/12- Programme to Strengthen Household Agriculture (PRONAF) -
Provides credit to small-scale producers with annual income up to R$160,000 per family. The BNDES operates six credit lines under this programme, focusing on: agri-industry; women; organic and agri- ecological production systems; environmental technologies; productivity increase; and debt restructuring.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.4 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Federal Government agricultural credit programmes administered by the BNDES, harvest year 2011/12- Programme for the Modernization of Agriculture and the Conservation of Natural Resources (MODERAGRO)
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Conservation
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Summary§26 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Brazil’s level of support to its agricultural producers is relatively low compared with other countries, but it maintains several domestic support measures, including preferential credit lines and price support mechanisms. During the review period, new programmes were created to finance farmers, including the Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Programme (PRONAMP) and the Low Carbon Agriculture Programme (Programa ABC).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-IV§16 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Brazil provides a relatively low level of support to its agricultural producers compared with
OECD countries (see below). However, it maintains several domestic support measures, including
subsidized credit lines and price support mechanisms (Table 4.2). During the review period, new programmes were created to finance farmers, including the Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Programme (PRONAMP) and the Low Carbon Agriculture Programme (Programa ABC).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-IV§39 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Also in 2010, the Government launched the Plan for Low Carbon Emissions in Agriculture (Plano ABC), which comprises a credit line organized under the ABC programme (see below). Disbursements worth R$3.4 billion are foreseen for this programme in harvest year 2012/13.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-IV§51 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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The Government has also taken steps to promote access for family farmers to the biodiesel market, under the Social Fuel Seal initiative (Chapter 4.4.3).
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