. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/56
14 November 2001
(01-5757)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:
National Health Surveillance Agency
SEPN 515 – Bloco "B", Edificio ÔmegaCEP 70770-502
Brasília – DF/Brasil
Tel:  +(5561) 448 1078
Fax:  +(5561) 448 1089
E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Medical devices, such as surgical stitches, biological heart valves, dura-mater
graft, grafts in general, bovine bones for implant, bovine albumin, gangliosideos drugs,
human pituitary hormones and the other materials that can be implanted, injected, ingested
to the human body by any other means from ruminants of different species such as bovine,
ovine, caprine and wild ruminants.  By-products of milk and live animal wool are herebyexcluded from the restrictions prov isioned for in this Resolution. Regions or countries
likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United Kingdom, Republic of
Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Greece,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution RDC 118 –
11 June 2001.  Published on Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) on
July 2001.
5. Description of content:  To prohibit, throughout the national territory, temporarily and in
an emergency character, the entrance, trade and display of the above-mentioned products.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The recent outbreak of the new variant of Creutzfeld-
Jacob Disease in humans verified in European countries and the strong suspicion of its
connection with the BSE – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.  The need to protect
Brazilian population's health and to prevent the human transmissible spongiform
encephalopathy form possibly caused by the use of animal by-products from European
countries in medical diagnosis and treatment.G/SPS/N/BRA/56
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8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Resolution RDC 118
– 11 June 2001.  Published on Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) on
July 2001 (Available in Portuguese only)
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  6 July 2001
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
National Health Surveillance Agency
SEPN 515 – Bloco "B", Edificio Ômega
CEP 70770-502
Brasília – DF/Brasil
Tel:  +(5561) 448 1078
Fax:  +(5561) 448 1089E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br