G/SPS/N/BRA/1691  
 
17 July 2020  
(20-4888) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) of 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be p rovided in addition, 
where applicable):  Control and prevention procedures of the National Herbivore Rabies 
Control Program - PNCRH.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specifi c regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) Nº. 41, 
of 19 June 2020. Updates the control and prevention procedures set out in the National 
Herbivore Rabies Control Program - PNCRH . Language(s):  Portuguese . 
Number  of pages:  1 
http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/instrucao -normativa -n-41-de-19-de-junho -de-2020-
263404073  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/BRA/20_4256_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Updates the control and prevention procedures set out in the 
National Herbivore Rabies Control Program - PNCRH.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest 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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international stand ard:  G/SPS/N/BRA/1691  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 September 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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 Agribusiness 
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 Ag riculture, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Agribusiness 
International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br