. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/294 
19 March 2007 
 (07-1139) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   Live sheep and goats – HS-4 0104  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Ministerial Act Nº 37 
(Portaria Nº 37), issued on 13 February 2007, published in the "Diário Oficial da União" 
Nº 33 (Federal Official Journal) from 15 Febr uary 2007, section 1, pages 3, 4 and 5.  The 
text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17640  
(available in Portuguese, 11 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Draft Normative Instruction which approves the measures to be 
adopted in case of suspicion or occurrence of Scrapie in sheep and goats. 
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, 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:  Not specified. 
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. G/SPS/N/BRA/294 
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  12. Final date for comments:  30 March 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, 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/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br   
Website:  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:   
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/Internet:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br   
Website:  www.agricultura.gov.br