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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/56/Rev.1
30 September 2002
(02-5206)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
Revision
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency
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):
Products containing raw material from animal (bovine, ovine, caprine and wild ruminants
species) tissues or fluids used to produce drugs, cosmetics and health products. Human
tissues, such as blood and its products, pituitary hormones, corneas, bones for grafts and
grafts in general.
By-products of milk and live animal wool are hereby excluded from the restrictions
provisioned for in this Resolution. Food products are also excluded, being subject to
specific rules previously not ified through G/SPS/N/BRA/55.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United
Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Be lgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain,
France, Italy, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland,
Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Israel, Japan and Poland and any country that can beclassified as a region of risk, according to the notified Resolution.
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Resolution RDC
nº 213, dated 30 July 2002 (7 pages), published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário
Oficial da União) on 2 August 2002 (Available in Portuguese at
http://www.anvisa.gov.br/legis/resol/2002/213_02rdc.htm )
6. Description of content:
This measure defines the requirements to countri es that want to export the above-mentioned
products to Brazil, according  to their geographi cal risk and to the tissue infectivity level of
the exported product.
This rule reinforces the prohibition, throughout the Brazilian territory, of the entrance, trade
and display of the above-mentioned products that come from countries of certain regions,
according the classification specified in the notified Resolution.
The Resolution  RDC nº 213 replaces Resolution RDC  nº 118, previously notified as
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7. 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
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The recent outbreak of
the new variant of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease in humans verified in several countries,besides 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 from possibly being caused by the use in
several countries of animal by-products in medical diagnosis and treatment.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  2 August 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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA
SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega
CEP 70770-502
Brasilia – DF/BrasilTel.:  (55) 61 448 1078
Fax:  (55) 21 2502 6542
E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br