. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/371 
13 December 2007 
 (07-5533) 
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 sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Blue-veined cheese – HS tariff heading 0406.40 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
 
 All countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 45 of 23 October 2007, published in Diário Oficial da União  
(Official Journal) No. 205 of 24 October 2007, page 3, (2 pages, available only in Portuguese). 
 The text can be downloaded at: http://www.agricultura.gov.br/
pls/portal/docs/PAGE/MAPA/LEGISLACAO/PUBLICACOES_DOU/PUBLICACOES_DOU
_2007/PUBLICACOES_DOU_OUTUBRO _2007/DO1_2007_10_24-MAPA_0_0_0.PDF  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Reglamento Técnico 
MERCOSUR de Identidad y Calidad del Queso Azul (MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on 
the identity and quality of bl ue-veined cheese), approved by MERCOSUR Common Market 
Group Resolution No. 48/97.   Enterprises have 90 days to comply w ith the provisions of the aforementioned 
standard. 
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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] 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:    G/SPS/N/BRA/371 
Page 2  
 
  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  MERCOSUR Common 
Market Group Resolution No. 48/97 (14 pages, in Spanish), available online at: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/nor mas_web/Resoluciones/ES/Res_048_097_.PDF
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  24 October 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 October 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirements have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] National notification 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 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National  notification 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