. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/439 
26 June 2008 
 (08-3045) 
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 should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Equidae  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Instrução Normativa  
(Normative Instruction) No. 33 of 28 May 2008 (5 pages, in Portuguese only). 
The text is available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/BRA/08_1843_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Normative Instruction adopts the Requisitos 
Zoossanitários para a Exportação de Sê men Eqüino Destinado aos Estados Partes  (Animal 
health requirements for the exportation of e quine semen to MERCOSUR States Parties), 
contained in the Annexes to and formi ng part of this Normative Instruction.  
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:  Diário Oficial da 
União  (Official Journal) No. 101 of 29 May 2008, Section 1, pages 12 and 13, Instrução 
Normativa  (Normative Instruction) No. 33 of 28 May 2008, published by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA). 
Link to MERCOSUR Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 44/07: 
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/Normas/ normas_web/Resoluciones/ES/2007/RES_044-
207_ES_Semen%20Equino.doc  G/SPS/N/BRA/439 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  29 November 2008  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  29 November 2008  
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable.  The requirement s have been adopted by the 
MERCOSUR Common Market Group. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] 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) 3218-2322 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 
E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Web site: www.agricultura.gov.br
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notifica tion authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Link to Normative Instruction No. 33: 
http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-
consulta/consultarLegislaca o.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18792