. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/369 
13 December 2007  
 (07-5531)  
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:  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):  Fermented milks - HS tariff heading 0403 
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:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 46 of 23 October 2007, published in Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 205 of 24 October 2007, page 4, (4 pages, available only in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/portal/ docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACOES
_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2007/PUBLICACOES_DOU_OUTUBRO_2007/DO1_2007_1
0_24-MAPA_0_0_0.PDF  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Reglamento Técnico 
MERCOSUR de Identidad y Ca lidad de Leches Fermentadas  (MERCOSUR Technical 
Regulation on the identity and quality of  fermented milks), approved by MERCOSUR 
Common Market Group Resolution No. 47/97. 
 Enterprises have 90 days to comply w ith the provisions of the aforementioned 
standard. 
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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:    G/SPS/N/BRA/369 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR Common 
Market Group Resolution No. 47/97 (32 pages, in Spanish), available online at: http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/nor mas_web/Resoluciones/ES/Res_047_097_.PDF
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  24 October 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 October 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. The requirements have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
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
 
Website: 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
 
Website: www.agricultura.gov.br