. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/409 
6 May 2008 
 (08-2127) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)  
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):  Queen bees and apiculture products (HS Chapter 4, tariff heading 0409)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 18 of 8 April 2008, published in Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 68 of 9 April 2008, Section 1, pages 8 and 9 (2 pages, only in Portuguese).  
The text can be downloaded at: 
 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18558  
6. Description of content:  Incorporation into Brazilian legislation of the Requisitos 
Zoossanitários para a importa ção de abelhas rainhas e pr odutos apícolas destinados aos 
Estados Partes  (Animal health requirements for the importation into MERCOSUR States 
Parties of queen bees and apiculture products),  contained in the Annex to and forming part 
of this Normative Instruction. 
Abrogation of Normative Instruction No. 11 of 21 February 2003. 
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   G/SPS/N/BRA/409 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group Resolution No. 23/07 (8 pa ges, in Spanish), available online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/ normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/2007/RES_023_20
07_ES_RequiZooImpAbejasReinasMCS.doc  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1234_00_s.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  9 April 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  9 April 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirement s have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio, SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 Brasília, DF - Brazil 
Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2322 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Web site: www.agricultura.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:   
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais do Agronegócio, SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 Brasília, DF - Brazil Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2322 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br