. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/355 
5 November 2007  
 (07-4792) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health – SDA / Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply - MAPA 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Wine and products derived from grape and wine 
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:  Ministerial Act Nº 103 
(Portaria Nº 103), issued on 31 August 2007, publis hed in the Federal Offi cial Journal (Diário 
Oficial da União) Nº 170 fro m 3 September 2007, section 1, page 4.  The text can be 
downloaded at: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis- consulta/servlet/Vis ualizarAnexo?id=13222  
(available only in Po rtuguese,  11 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The notified text is a draft documen t, released for a 60-day public 
consultation period, on the list of authorized oe nological practices for the production of wine 
and products derived from grape and wine.  
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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:   Presidential Decree 
Nº 99.066, issued on 8 March 1990, with amendm ents made by Decree Nº 113, from 06 May 
1991 laying down regulation on the production, circ ulation and trade of wine and products 
derived from grape and wine, published in the Federal Official Journa l (Diário Oficial da 
União) from 9 March 1990, section 1, page 4755.   The text (available only in Portuguese, 
20 pages) may be downloaded from  the following Internet site : 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarL egislacao.do?operacao =visualizar&id=2794  G/SPS/N/BRA/355 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined after the comment period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined after the comment period. 
12. Final date for comments:  1 November 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
 Secretariat of Agribusiness  International Relations– SRI 
 Ministry of Agriculture, Li vestock and Food Supply - 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:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Secretariat of Agribusiness  International Relations– SRI 
 Ministry of Agriculture, Li vestock and Food Supply - 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:  http://www.agricultura.gov.br/