. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/376 
14 December 2007 
 (07-5572) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Health Protection)/ Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , 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 sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animals and plants, products, derivatives and parts thereof, by-products, waste 
with economic value and agricultural inputs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Portaria  (Regulation) 
No. 123 of 21 November 2007, published in Diário Oficial da União  (Official Journal) No. 224 
of 22 November 2007, page 55, ( 126 pages, available only in Portuguese). 
 The text can be downloaded at: h ttp://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/servlet/Vis ualizarAnexo?id=13668  
6. Description of content:  The notified text submits for public consultation the draft Instrução 
Normativa (Normative Instruction) regulating the procedures for the registration in the 
Integrated System of Foreign Trade (SISCOMEX)  of imports of animals and plants, products, 
derivatives and parts thereof, by-products, wast e with economic value and agricultural inputs. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety , [ X ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [ X ] 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:  To be determined;  after the close of the comment period. G/SPS/N/BRA/376 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined;  after the close of the comment period. 
12. Final date for comments:  21 December 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] 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 
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