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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/73
13 November 2002
(02-6279)
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:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
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
applicable):  Animals, products and sub-product derived from animals susceptible to foot-
and-mouth disease (FMD)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Paraguay
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Based on the
Regulamento do Serviço de Defesa Animal (R egulation of the Animal Protection Service)
the Director of Animal Health sent out Circular Letters Nrs. 142 and 143/DDA from
23 September 2002 to the regional offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Food Supply, prohibiting the issuance of import certificates and determining additionalsurveillance measures at the Brazilian borders with Paraguay, 2 pages, Portuguese.
6. Description of content:  Because of the detection of vesicular disease in four bovine
animals in the Department of Canindeyú, District of Corpus Christi, in the locality of
Paková, near the border of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, which could be an indicative
of foot and mouth disease, Brazil is forbidding the import of animals, products and
sub-product derived from animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease (FMD) until theepisode is fully clarified by the Centro Panamericano de Febre Aftosa, as requested by
Brazil.  The measure was taken after an exchange of letters with the President of
SENACSA, the sanitary authority of Paraguay, and is based on Articles 1,2,3 of the
Regulamento do Serviço de Defesa Anim al, approved by Decreto Nº 24.548 from
3 July 1934.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  FMD is a very
contagious, easily disseminated, virus and Brazil has to protect its herds and its important
economic interests related to the cattle raising industry.G/SPS/N/BRA/73
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9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE Zoosanitary Code
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Articles 1,2,3 of the
Regulamento do Serviço de Defesa Anim al, approved by Decreto Nº 24.548 from
3 July 1934, in Portuguese.
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  24 September 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Departamento de Defesa Animal (DDA)
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco B, 3º andar70043-900 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 226-3446
E-mail:  dda@agricultura.gov.br
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)
Departamento de Defesa Animal (DDA)
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco D, Anexo B, 3º andar70843-900 – Caixa Postal 02432 – Brasília-DF
Fax:  +(5561) 226 3446
E-mail:  dda@agricultura.gov.br