G/TBT/N/BRA/1487  
5 July 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fish, fresh 
or chilled (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304) (HS code(s): 0302); Fish 
fillets and other fish meat, whether or not minced, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 
0304) ; Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SDA/MAPA  
Ordinance No.  832, 29 June 2023; (8 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Ordinance nº. 832 opens a 75 -day peri od for public consultation 
on the draft of technical regulation on identity and quality for frozen fish, frozen brined 
fish and frozen brined fish for canning.  
The Ordinance and the project are available on Ministry of Agriculture website:  
https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br/acesso -a-informacao/participacao -
social/consultas -publicas/2023/copy11_of_consulta -publica -portaria -conjunta -mapa -
ibama -e-anvisa -procedimentos -para-distribuicao -dos-processos -pendentes -de-registro -
de-produtos -tecnicos -equivalentes -pre-misturas -e-produtos -formulados -de-agrotoxicos -
e-afins 
Technically substantiated suggestions should be forwarded through the Normative Act 
Monitoring System - SISMAN, of t he Department of Agricultural Defense - SDA/MAPA, 
through the link:  
https://sistemasweb.agricultura.gov.br/solicita/  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/BRA/148 7 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Brazilian Official Gazette 125 on 04 July 2023, section 1, page 4  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda/mapa -n-832-de-29-de-junho -de-
2023-494148670  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  17 September 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
Esplanada dos Ministérios – Edifício Sede - Bloco D  
Brasília – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.632 -100 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3218 -2828 
Website: www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br 
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda/mapa -n-832-de-29-de-junho -de-
2023-494148670