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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/434 
11 June 2008 
 (08-2746) 
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:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Health Protection), 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):   Wine and products of grapes and wine (International Classification for 
Standards (ICS) code 22.04)  
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:  Portaria  (Ministerial 
Act) No. 78 of 20 May 2008 (20 pages, in Portuguese). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1678_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Sixty-day  public consultation to approve the draft Normative 
Instruction on the procedures for the collection and use of samples of wine and products of 
grapes and wine and the raw materials ther eof (Annex I);  the sampling procedures for 
imported wine and products of grapes and wi ne (Annex II);  and the import and export 
procedures for wine and products  of grapes and wine (Annex III).  
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: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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 language(s ) in which these are available:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 98, of 26 May 2008, Section 1, pages 3 to 7, Portaria  
(Ministerial Act) No. 78, of 20 May 2008, of the Secretariat of Agricultural Health Protection (SDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA).  G/SPS/N/BRA/434 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:   180 days after publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined after the comment period.  
12. Final date for comments:  26 July 2008  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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) 3218-2322 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] 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=18779