. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/599 
9 December 2009  
 (09-6377) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) 
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):  Beverages, acetic fermentation, raw material and other products 
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:  Normative Instruction Nº 55, issued on 
18 November 2009, published in the in the "D iário Oficial da União" Nº 221 (Federal 
Official Journal) from 19 November 2009, section 1, pages 1 to 5  Language:  Portuguese  
Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  The notified document establishe s, for beverages, acetic 
fermentation, raw material and ot her products, the procedures for: 
- collection and destination of product sample; 
- analyzes; - sampling of imported product;  
- export and import of the product. 
It also revokes "Portaria" n° 28, 17 June 1986; "Portaria" n° 15, 23 February 1989; 
"Portaria" n° 36, 1 November 1990 (in the produc ts related to the Law n° 8.918, 14 July 
1994), and Normative Instruction n° 44, 18 December 2006. 
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)    G/SPS/N/BRA/599 
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  [X] None 
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 language (s) in which these are available:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  19 November 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  19 November 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  19 November 2009.  The Normative set a deadline of 180 days for adequacy 
to the model certificate in Annex VIII. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
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:   
Secretariat of Agribusiness International Relations– SRI 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 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 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:    
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=21051