. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/388 
11 March 2008  
 (08-1082) 
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:  Ministry of Agriculture, Li vestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
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):  Veterinary surveillance 
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:  Normative Instruction 
No 6, issued on 19 February 2008, published in th e Federal Official Jour nal ("Diário Oficial 
da União") Nº 34 from 20 February 2008, section 1, page 10 (available only in Portuguese, 
one page). The text may be downloade d from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18477  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves th e Guidelines to implement the 
Veterinary Surveillance System in the Foot -and-Mouth Disease High Surveillance Zone in 
the border region between the state of Ma to Grosso do Sul, Brazil and Paraguay.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:       
10. Proposed date of adoption:  20 February 2008   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  20 February 2008   G/SPS/N/BRA/388 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable 
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: 
 Secretariat of Agribusiness  International Relations– SRI 
 Ministry of Agriculture, Li vestock 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:  www.a gricultura.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: 
 Secretariat of Agribusiness  International Relations– SRI 
 Ministry of Agriculture, Li vestock 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:  www.a gricultura.gov.br