. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/210 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4518) 
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 
Protection) /  Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
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):  Bovine and buffalo semen 
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. 193 of 9 August 2006, published in Official Journal No. 155 of 14 August 2006, pages 3 
and 4, and available only in Portuguese.   The text can be downloaded at 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=17217  
6. Description of content:   The notified text is a draft document, released for a 60-day public 
consultation period, on the animal health requirements for the importation of bovine and 
buffalo semen from third countries outside MERCOSUR.   
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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption:   14 August 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
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12. Final date for comments:   12 October 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 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