. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/527 
23 March 2009  
 (09-1394) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
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):  Live swine, pork products and their by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction Nº 7, issued on 27 February 2009, 
published in the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 40 (Federal Official Journal) from 
2 March 2009, section 1, page 10  Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  The notified document amends Article 1º of Normative 
Instruction MAPA n° 1 from 4 January 20 01 and Articles 1º and 2º of Normative 
Instruction SDA n° 1 from 4 January 2001 – The region composed by the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, 
Mato Grosso, Goiás, Tocantins, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Rondônia 
and Distrito Federal is declared a Classical  Swine Fever free zone and protective measures 
are adopted. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   Terrestrial Animal Health Code Article 
15.3.3.  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None G/SPS/N/BRA/527 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
Link for Normative Instruction MAPA n° 1 from 4 January 2001: http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=19495  
Link for Normative Instruction SDA n° 1 from 4 January 2001: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=19497  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  2 March 2009    
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 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 Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Link for Normative Instruction n° 7 from 27 February 2009:  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=19494