. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/168 
3 April 2006 
 (06-1550) 
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 Agropecuaria , SDA (Secretariat of Agricultural 
Protection) 
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:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 8 of 10 March 2006, published in the Official Journal of 
15 March 2006, pages 26 and 27, and av ailable in Portuguese only at   
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sisle gis-consulta/consultarLegislacao.do  
6. Description of content:   The notified text incorporates the " Requisitos Zoosanitarios para 
el Intercambio entre los Estados Partes de Semen Bovino y Bubalino " (Animal health 
requirements for trade between MERCOSUR Stat es Parties in bovine and buffalo semen), 
approved pursuant to MERCOSUR Common Ma rket Group (GMC) Resolution No. 16 of 
2005. 
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:    
 
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9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   "Requisitos 
Zoosanitarios para el Intercambio entre lo s Estados Partes de Semen Bovino y Bubalino " 
(Animal health requirements for trade betw een MERCOSUR States Parties in bovine and 
buffalo semen), approved pursuant to MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) 
Resolution No. 16 of 2005 and repealing Instrução Normativa  (Normative Instruction) 
No. 18 of 10 April 2003). 
MERCOSUR / GMC Resolution No. 16 of 2005 is available in Spanish online at http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/principal/contenido.asp
 (Official Documents / Normas / 
Resoluciones). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   15 March 2006 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   15 March 2006 
12. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
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