. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/407 
6 May 2008 
 (08-2125) 
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:  Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abastecimiento – MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)  
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):  Equidae  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
 MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Normative Instruction 
No. 11 of 28 March 2008, published in Official  Journal No. 61 of 31 March 2008, section 1, 
pages 9–10 (available only in Portuguese, 2 pages) 
The text can be downloaded at:  http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
 consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18539  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Requisitos 
Zoosanitarios para importación definitiva o para reproducción de Équidos entre los 
Estados Partes del MERCOSUR  (Animal health requirements for definitive importation or 
reproduction of equidae between the MERCOSUR States parties), contained in the Annexes 
to and forming part of the Normative Instruction.  
7. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests        
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:        
 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 20/07 available at: 
 http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Norm as/normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/2007/RES_
020-2007_ES_RequiZooImpDefEquidosMCS.doc  (available in Spanish, 12 pages) 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1150_00_s.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 March 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  31 March 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirement s have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC)  
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 2308/3218 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:   
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 2308/3218 2834 Fax:  +(5561) 3225 4738 
E-mail:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br