. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/223 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5630) 
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:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Health 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):  Animal reproduction material  (semen and embryos of  animals of the bovine, 
bubaline, caprine, ovine, po rcine and equine species) 
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:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 56 of 27 September 2006, published in Official Journal No. 191 
of 4 October 2006, pages 24 and 25 (available only in Port uguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://www.agricultura.gov.br/pls/porta l/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACO
ES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU_2006/PUBL ICACOES_DOU_OUTUBRO_2006/DO1_
2006_10_04-MAPA.PDF  
6. Description of content:   The notified text approves the Regulamento para Registro e 
Fiscalização de Estabelecimento Comercial de Material de Multiplicação Animal Nacional e 
Importado  (Regulation governing the registration an d inspection of establishments engaged 
in the marketing of domestic and im ported animal reproduction material). 
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] 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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption:   4 October 2006 G/SPS/N/BRA/223 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   4 October 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [  ] 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 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br  
13. Texts available from:  [  ] National notificati on 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 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br