. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/697 
7 January 2011  
 (11-0090) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Still soft drinks, carbonated soft drinks, composite beverages, ready-to-drink 
tea and soda water 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Portaria  No. 566, issued on 8 December 2010 ( Instrução 
Normativa  No. 566 of 8 December 2010), published in Section I, pages 19-21, of Official 
Journal ( Diário Oficial da União ) No. 235 of 9 December 2010 Language:  Portuguese 
Number of pages:  3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/BRA/10_4826_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Normative Instruction approves the technical 
regulation supplementing the identity and qualit y standards for still soft drinks, carbonated 
soft drinks, composite beverages, re ady-to-drink tea, and soda water. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CODEX STAN 247-2005 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/BRA/697 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after comment period 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined after comment period 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  7 February 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil Tel.: +(5561) 3218 2308/3218 2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225 4738 
E-mail: cgomc@agricultura.gov.br 
Website: http://www.agricultura.gov.br/
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: