. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/428 
2 June 2008  
 (08-2545) 
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:  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply);  Ministerio del Medio Ambiente , 
MMA (Ministry of the Environment)  
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):  Organic agricultural products  
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. 432 of 13 May 2008 (13 pages, in Portuguese). 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1548_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft Technical Regulation on the organic production of 
indigenous products and by-products of the sustainable organic extractivism of native 
ecosystems and agroecosystems.  
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:  Law No. 10.831 of 
23 December 2003;  Decree No. 6.323 of 27 December 2007;  Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 92 of 15 May 2008, Section 1, pages 12 to 14, Ministerial Act No. 432 of 13 May 2008 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of publication in the Official Journal  G/SPS/N/BRA/428 
Page 2  
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined after the comment period  
12. Final date for comments:  15 June 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, [  X ] 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=18625