. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/623 
16 March 2010  
 (10-1388) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Swine 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction nº 6, issued on 22 February 2010, 
published in the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 35 (Federal Official Journal) from 
23 February 2010, section 1, pages 1, 2 and 3  Language:  Portuguese only  Number of 
pages:  6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/BRA/10_1044_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified document declares the region composed of the states 
of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná , São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do 
Sul, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Tocantins, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, 
Rondônia and Distrito Federal as Classical Sw ine Fever free zones, and gives other 
provisions. 
It revokes Normative Instruction MAPA n° 01, 4 January 2001, Normative Instruction 
SDA n° 01, 4 January 2001 and their Anne xes, Normative Instruction SDA n° 38, 
2 June 2003 and Normative Instruction n° 7, 7 February 2009. 
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 number)    G/SPS/N/BRA/623 
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  [ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  23 February 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  23 February 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  23 February 2010 
[ ] 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 handl e 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 
Web site:  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: