. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/235 
23 November 2006 
 (06-5649) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Aujeszky's disease in domestic swine.  
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  (Regulation) 
No. 265 of 28 September 2006, published in Official Journal No. 203 of 23 October 2006, 
pages 1 to 10 (available only in Portuguese). 
The text can be downloaded at: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegi s-consulta/consultarLegislacao.do?operacao  
=visualizar&id=17321  
6. Description of content:   The notified text submits for public consultation the draft Instrução 
Normativa (Normative Instruction) approving the following: 
• The regulations governing the control and eradication of Aujeszky's disease in 
domestic swine, and; 
• the contingency plan for Aujeszky's disease. 
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:   23 October 2006 G/SPS/N/BRA/235 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined;  after the close of the comment 
period. 
12. Final date for comments:   21 November 2006 
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 notifica tion 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", 3ºandar 70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brazil Tel.:  +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 
Fax:  +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site:  www.agricultura.gov.br