. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/423 
2 June 2008 
 (08-2540) 
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:  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 should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Organic agricultural products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Portaria  (Ministerial 
Act) No. 416 of 9 May 2008  (45 pages, in Portuguese). 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1543_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft Technical Regulation on organic quality assurance and 
information mechanisms.  Thirty-day pub lic consultation to approve the following 
documents:  Glossary of terms used in tec hnical regulations on organic quality assurance 
and information mechanisms (Annex I);  Criteria for the accreditation of organic produce certification bodies (Annex II);  Accreditation pr ocedure guidelines (Annex III);  Guidelines 
for conformity assessment procedures for pa rticipatory quality assurance mechanisms 
(Annex IV);  Technical Regulation on the marketing by direct sale of uncertified organic produce (Annex V);  Technical Regulation on information on organic quality, storage, 
transport and marketing (Annex VI);  Guide lines for the development of rosters of 
specialists (Annex VII) and Formats for official Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) inspection and control documents. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [    ] 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: 
[ 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/423 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Law No. 10.831 of 
23 December 2003;  Decree No. 6.323 of 27 December 2007;  Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 90 of 13 May 2008, Section 1, pages 7 to 16, Ministerial Act No. 416 of 9 May 2008 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined after the comment period  
12. Final date for comments:  13 June 2008  
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) 3218-2322 / 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:  
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18616