. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/172 
5 May 2006 
 (06-2184) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
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):  Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)  
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. 8 of 7 April 2006, published in the Official Journal of 
10 April 2006, Section I, pages 3, 4 and 5, and available on line in Port uguese only at: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2006/PUBLICACOES_DOU_ABRIL_2006/DO1_2006
_04_10-MAPA_MAPA.PDF  
6. Description of content:  The notified text incorporates into Brazilian legislation the 
"Programa de Acción MERCOSUR Libre de Fiebre Aftosa " (Mercosur action plan for 
FMD-freedom), approved pursuant to MERCOSUR Common Market Council (CMC) Resolution No. 25 of 2005.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] 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: 
[   ] 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:        G/SPS/N/BRA/172 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  "Programa de 
Acción MERCOSUR Libre de Fiebre Aftosa " (Mercosur action plan for FMD-freedom), 
approved pursuant to MERCOSUR Common Mark et Council (CMC) Resolution No. 25 of 
2005.  MERCOSUR / CMC Resolution No. 25 of 2005 is available in Spanish online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/principal/contenido.asp  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 April 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  10 April 2006  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] 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) 3218-2308 / 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, [  X ] 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