Order No. 215 establishing the powers of the National Service for the Protection of Plant Varieties - SNPC. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Institution Certification Planting material/seeds Plant variety Plant production Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Order shall enter into force on the day after the adhesion of Brazil to the International Trade Regulation. Abstract This Order establishes the powers of the National Service for the Protection of Plant Varieties (SNPC) under the Ministry of Agriculture. It consists of 3 articles establishing duties and competencies of the aforemetioned plant institution entitled to promote and enforce within the national territory the Regulation on Certification for Plant Variety Seeds in order to allow International trade of new plant variety seeds. Full text Portuguese Website wwwt.senado.gov.br