. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/120
4 July 2003
(03-3583)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial
Quality – INMETRO
Telephone:         +(55) 21 2563.2824
Telefax:              +(55)21 2502.6542
E-mail:                barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site:            www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa  Agropecuária
Telephone:            +(55) 61 226 97 99
Telefax:                 +(55) 61 224 3995
E-mail:                  domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  x ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   chicken, duck and
guinea-fowl (HS: 02.07)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Despatch number 76,
December 13th, 2002, (Portaria no.63. de 13 de novembro de 2002) issued by the Ministry
of Agriculture on technical requirements for identity and quality of chicken, duck and
guinea-fowl meat (4 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:  Despatch and Annex Draft Technical Regulation which lay down
technical requirements for the identification and maintainance of quality levels of chicken,duck and guinea-fowl meat. It also includes labelling requirements
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer's health, safety and labelling requirements.G/TBT/N/BRA/120
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8. Relevant documents:   FAO/WHO. Codex Alimentarius standard on Meat. Second edition.
Rome. 1994. European Communities. European Parliament and Council directive n.
95/2/EC, of 20th February 1995. Official Journal of the European Communities. For the
complete list of relevant documents, please refer to the full text.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Does not apply
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from notification
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
  http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas/pontofocal/buscaNotificacao.asp