G/SPS/N/BRA/1940  
 
21 April 2021  
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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:  Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - 
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 pr ovided in addition, 
where applicable):  Poultry health  
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 275 of 16 April 2021, Amends 
the annex to Normative Instruction SDA No. 17 of 7 April 2006, which approves, within 
the scope of the National Poultry Health Program, the National Plan for the Prevention of 
Avian Influenza and for th e control and prevention of Newcastle disease . Language(s):  
Portuguese . Number of pages:  2 
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-275-de-16-de-abril-de-2021-
314698805  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/BRA/21_2887_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amends the annex to Normative Instruction SDA No. 17 of 
7 April 2006, which approves, within the scope of the National Poultry Health Program, 
the National Plan for the Prevention of Avian Influenza and for the control and prevention 
of Newcastle disease.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health,  [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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 G/SPS/N/BRA/1940  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 3 May 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 April 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 3 May 2021  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not aplicable  
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 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