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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/696 
7 January 2011 
 (11-0091) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of 
Agricultural Protection), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)  
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):  Syrup, liquid preparations for still soft drinks, liquid preparations for carbonated 
soft drinks, liquid preparations for composite beverages and liquid preparations for tea. 
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:  Portaria  No. 567, issued on 8 December 2010 ( Instrução 
Normativa  No. 567 of 8 December 2010), published in  Section I, pages 21-22, of Official 
Journal ( Diário Oficial da União ) No. 235 of 9 December 2010 Language:  Portuguese 
Number of pages:  2 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/BRA/10_4825_00_x.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Normative Instruction approves the technical 
regulation supplementing the identity and quality standards for syrup, liquid preparations 
for still soft drinks, liquid preparations for carbonated soft drinks, liquid preparations for 
composite beverages and liquid preparations for tea. 
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. 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)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None G/SPS/N/BRA/696 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after comment period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after comment period 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  7 February 2011 
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: 
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil Tel.: +(5561) 3218 2308/3218 2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225 4738 
E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Website: 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: