. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/511 
9 January 2009  
 (09-0038) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health – SDA / 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):  Bovine and swine 
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 63, issued on 17 December 
2008, published in the "Diário Oficial da União"  Nº 246 (Federal Official Journal) from 18 
December 2008, section 1, page 48   Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves guidelines for the veterinary 
surveillance system in the high surveillan ce zone of FMD implanted in frontier area 
between Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul State)  with Paraguay and Bolivia.  It revokes 
Normative Instruction Nº 06 of 19 February 2008 and Nº 19 of 14 April 2008. 
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. 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)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 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:    G/SPS/N/BRA/511 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Normative 
Instruction Nº 44, issued on 2 October 2007, p ublished in the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 
191 (Federal Official Journal) fro m 3 October 2007, notified as document 
G/SPS/N/BRA/351 in 5 November 2007, implemented the national program for the eradication and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  18 December 2008 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  18 December 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  18 December 2008    
[   ] 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 
 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 Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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=19341