. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/422 
2 June 2008 
 (08-2539) 
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. 411 of 8 May 2008 (15 pages, in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1542_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Draft Technical Regulation on good agricultural practices (GAPs) 
for organic production.  Thirty-day public c onsultation to approve the following manuals:  
Good practices for organic animal production (Annex I);  Good practices for organic plant 
production (Annex II);  and Good practices fo r the processing of organic products 
(Annex III).  
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,  [   ] 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: 
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. 89, of 12 May 2008, Section 1, pages 1 to 4, Ministerial Act No. 411 of 8 May 2008 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of publication in the Official Journal  G/SPS/N/BRA/422 
Page 2  
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined after the comment period  
12. Final date for comments:  12 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=18614