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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/347 
23 August 2007  
 (07-3552) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Post-consumer Recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) package in contact 
with food (Food Grade PET) 
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:  Draft Resolution nº 74, 
10 August 2007 – MERCOSUR Technical Re gulation on Post-Consumer Recycled PET 
(polyethylene terephthalate) Package in Contac t with Food (Food Grade PET) (available in 
Portuguese, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation esta blishes general requirements and 
also criteria of assessment, authorization, registration and labeling for the use of post-
consumer PET (polyethylene te rephthalate) in food-contact pa ckaging applications.  This 
technical regulation deals with PET packages  made both with virgin PET resin and with 
disinfect post-consumer recycled PET.    
This technical regulation will also be  notified under the TBT Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] 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, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection 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:   Brazilian Official 
Journal (Diário Oficial da Un ião), 13 August 2007; Section 1, page 34. Draft Resolution 
(Consulta Pública) number 74, 10 August 2007, issued by Brazilian Sa nitary Surveillance 
Agency – ANVISA; to be publis hed at Brazilian Offi cial Journal (available in Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2008 G/SPS/N/BRA/347 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  13 October 2007 
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: 
 Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
 SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega 
 CEP 70770-502  Brasilia – DF/Brasil  Tel.:  +(55 61) 3448 1078  Fax:  +(55 61) 3448 1089  E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link: 
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base /visadoc/CP/CP[19383-1-0].PDF