. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/311  
27 April 2007 
 (07-1754) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Heterospermic animal 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. 58 of 2 April 2007, published in Official Journal No. 66 of 5 April 2007, Section 1, 
pages 2 and 3, and available only in Portuguese.  Link for Portaria  No. 58: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-c onsulta/consultarLegislacao.do?operacao=visual 
izar&id=17712  
6. Description of content:  The notified text submits for public consultation the draft 
Instrução Normativa  (Normative Instruction) approving the regulations governing the 
production and distribution of heterospermic animal semen in Brazil.  
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:  5 April 2007  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined, after the close of the comment 
period.  G/SPS/N/BRA/311 
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12. Final date for comments:  4 June 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] 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) 3218-2308/3218-2834 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