. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/399 
28 April 2008  
 (08-2044) 
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:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health – SDA 
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):  Coffee not roasted (HS-4 09.01) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Peru 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Normative Instruction 
Nº 8, issued on 28 March 2008, published in the "Diário Oficial da Uniã o" (Federal Official 
Journal) Nº 61 on 31 March 2008, section 1 page 14 (available in Portuguese, 1 page).  The 
text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18538   
It revokes Normative Instruction Nº 32, issued on 7 October 1999. 
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation determines the review of the Pest Risk 
Analysis for import coffee not  roasted produced in Peru.  
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:  
[   ] 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:  This regulation is in accordance with ISPM 2, 
ISPM 6, ISPM 11 and ISPM 12. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which th ese are available:   Normative Instruction 
Nº 6, issued on 16 May 2005, notified as  G/SPS/N/BRA/95/Add.1 on 23 June 2005 (Risk 
Analysis Requirements for impo rted vegetables, plant, their parts and by-products imported 
into Brazil).  The text may be downlo aded from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=12006  G/SPS/N/BRA/399 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 March 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  31 March 2008 
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, Live stock and Food Supply - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site:  http://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: 
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Live stock and Food Supply - MAPA 
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília – DF - BRAZIL Telephone:  +(5561) 3218-2308/3218-2834 
Telefax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Web site:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/