. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/453 
9 July 2008 
 (08-3309) 
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):  Peaches ( Prunus  spp.) (International Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 0809.30)  
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. 37 of 18 Ju ne 2008 (15 pages, in Portuguese only). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_2040_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction approves the Normas Técnicas 
Específicas para a Produç ão Integrada de Pêssego (Technical standards specific to 
integrated peach production). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] 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 5 to 10, Normative 
Instruction No. 37 of 18 June 2008, published by  the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Food Supply (MAPA). 
 Abrogation of Normative Instruc tion No. 19 of 1 December 2003 of the Secretário 
de Apoio Rural e Cooperativismo , SARC (Secretariat for Rural Support and Cooperativism) 
(available in Portuguese).  G/SPS/N/BRA/453 
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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=18855