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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/349 
29 August 2007  
 (07-3625) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
  
If applicable, name of lo cal government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
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):  Plastic materials related to the production of equipments and packages in 
contact with food 
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:  Draft Resolution nº 75, 
14 August 2007 – MERCOSUR Technical regulation on Positive List of Additives to be used 
in plastic materials related to the production of equipments and packages that will be in contact with food (available in Portuguese, 58 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regul ation establishes a positi ve list of additives 
to be used in plastic materials in the producti on of equipments and packages that will be in 
contact with food.   
It revokes Annex III from Resolution 150,  1999; Resolution (RDC) 178, 2001; Resolution 
(RDC) 233, 2001; Resolution (RDC) 137, 2002 and also Resolution (RDC) 70, 2003. 
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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:   Brazilian Official 
Journal (Diário Oficial da Un ião), 15 August 2007; Section 1,  page 32.  Draft Resolution 
(Consulta Pública) number 75, 14 August 2007, issued by Brazilian Sa nitary Surveillance 
Agency – ANVISA;  to be publis hed at Brazilian Offi cial Journal (available in Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2008 G/SPS/N/BRA/349 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  June 2008 
12. Final date for comments:  15 October 2007 
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: 
 Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
 SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega 
 CEP 70770-502  Brasilia – DF/Brasil  Tel.:  +(55 61) 3448 1078  Fax:  +(55 61) 3448 1089  E-mail:  rel@anvisa.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: 
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link: 
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base /visadoc/CP/CP[19415-1-0].PDF