. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/373 
14 December 2007  
 (07-5569) 
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):  Animals of the bovine and bubalin e species (HS-4) 0102 and 0106  
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 49, issued on 31 October 2007, published in th e "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 211 (Federal 
Official Journal) from 1 November 2007, section 1, page 1.  
The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18178   
(available only in Portuguese, a single page) 
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation lays down th e procedures to be followed for 
declaring the use of livestock inputs administered  to registered bovine  and bubaline animals, 
pertaining to Livestock Establishment approved in the Traceability System of the Productive 
Chain of Bovine and Bubaline Animals - SISBOV , which participate in fairs, exhibitions, 
auctions and any other temporary concentration of animals.  
Events mentioned above shall be previously aut horized according to the procedures set forth 
by Ministerial Decree ("Portar ia") no 162 dated 18 Oc tober 1994, and inserted in the SISBOV 
National Database.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:       G/SPS/N/BRA/373 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 November 2007   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2007   
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:  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, 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:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br