. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/438 
26 June 2008 
 (08-3044) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  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):  Equidae (HS tariff heading 0101)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 31 of 28 May 2008 (3 pages, in Portuguese only). 
The text is available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1842_00_x.pdf
 
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Requisitos 
Zoossanitários para a Exportação de Eqüí deos para Abate Imediato Destinados aos 
Estados Partes  (Animal health requirements for the exportation of equidae for immediate 
slaughter to MERCOSUR States Parties), containe d in the Annexes to and forming part of 
this Normative Instruction.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline 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:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 101 of 29 May 2008, Section 1, pages 10 and 11, Instrução 
Normativa  (Normative Instruction) No. 31 of 28 May 2008, published by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA). G/SPS/N/BRA/438 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  (cont'd) 
Link to MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 43/07: http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/ normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/2007/RES_043-
2007_ES_Equidos.doc  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 November 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 November 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirement s have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, 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) 3218-2322 / 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:  
Link to Normative Instruction No. 31: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18790