. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/351 
5 November 2007  
 (07-4788) 
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):  Eradication and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease 
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 44, issued on 2 October 2007, published in the Federal Official Journa l ("Diário Oficial da 
União") Nº 191 from 3 October 2007, section 1, page 2 (available only in Portuguese, 
27 pages). The text may be downloade d from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=18117  
6. Description of content:  The notified regulation approves the general guidelines for the 
eradication and prevention of foot-and-mouth dis ease in the national territory with a view of 
implementing the National Program for the er adication and preventi on of foot-and-mouth 
disease.  
The following regulations are hereby revoked: • "Portaria" SDSA No 11 of 3 November 1983; 
• "Portaria" MAPA No  121 of 29 March 1993; 
• "Portaria" SDA No 185 of 01 December 1993; 
• Sub-items 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' and 'e' of item  I, of Article 11 of "Portaria" No 162 of 
18 October 1994; 
• "Portaria" No 82 of 28 June 1996; • Normative Instruction SDA No 11 of 13 March 2001; 
• Normative Instruction SDA No 47 of 26 September 2001; 
• Normative Instruction SDA No 5 of 17 January 2003; • "Portaria" No 40 of 14 July 2003; • Normative Instruction SDA No 82 of 20 November 2003. 
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    G/SPS/N/BRA/351 
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  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 language (s) in which these are available:   -   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  3 October 2007   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  3 October 2007   
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. The regulation is in accordance with OIE 
guidelines. 
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   Web site:  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  
 Web site:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/