G/SPS/N/BRA/1761  
 
31 August 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Agriculture and Fisheries Secretariat - Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock and Supply (MAPA)  
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 a pplicable):  Foreign fishing vessels  
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:  Ordinance (Portaria) Nº. 200, of 17 August, 2020. 
Submit to the Public Consultation, the proposal for a Normative Instruction with the 
objective of establishing rules and procedures for the import and nationalization of foreign 
fishing vessels.  Language(s ): Portuguese . Number of pages:   
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-200-de-17-de-agosto -de-2020-
272980973  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/BRA/20_5194_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Submit to the Public Consultation, the proposal for a Normative 
Instruction with the objective of establishing rules and procedures for the import and 
nationalization of foreign fishing vessels.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant p est or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BRA/1761  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2020  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 October 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if av ailable) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and 
International  Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br    
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and 
International  Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br