. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/452 
9 July 2008 
 (08-3305) 
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):  Melons (International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 0807.1)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa 
(Normative Instruction) No. 36 of 18 Ju ne 2008 (17 pages, in Portuguese only). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_2039_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction approves the Normas Técnicas 
Específicas para a Produç ão Integrada de Melão (Technical standards specific to integrated 
melon production). 
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] 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:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 116 of 19 June 2008, Section 1, pages 10 to 15, Normative 
Instruction No. 36 of 18 June 2008, published by  the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Food Supply (MAPA). 
 Abrogation of Normative Instruc tion No. 13 of 1 October 2003 of the Secretário de 
Apoio Rural e Cooperativismo , SARC (Secretariat for Rural Support and Cooperativism).  G/SPS/N/BRA/452 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  19 June 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  19 June 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] 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) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site: www.agricultura.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:  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18854