. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/600 
9 December 2009  
 (09-6378) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Wine, wine products and grape products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction Nº 54, issued on 18 November 
2009, published in the in the "Diário Oficial da  União" Nº 222 (Federal Official Journal) 
from 20 November 2009, section 1, pages 52 to 56  Language:  Portuguese  Number of 
pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The notified document establishes, for wine, wine products and 
grape products, the procedures for collection a nd destination of samples, analyses, sampling 
of imported product and procedures for export an d import of the product, for verification of 
the quality and identity standards. 
It revokes "Portaria" n° 28, 17 June 1986; "P ortaria" n° 15, 23 February 1989; "Portaria" 
n° 36, 1 November 1990 (in the products re lated to the Law n° 7.678, 8 March 1988); 
Normative Instruction n° 64, 9 December  2002 and Normative Instruction n° 33, 
4 October 2006. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/BRA/600 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The full text 
may be downloaded from the following internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=21052    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  20 November 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  20 November 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  20 November 2009.  The Normative set a deadline of 180 days for adequacy 
to the model certificate in Annex VIII. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - 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 Website:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
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=21052