G/SPS/N/BRA/1876  
 
14 January 2021  
(21-0457) 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 (SDA) of the 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 provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plant species, their products and by -products  
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:  Normative Instruction (Instrução Normativa) nº 71 of 
29 December 2020, Authorization to import plant species, their products and by -products 
- Modification of Articles . Language(s):  Portuguese . Number of pages:  1 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/instrucao -normativa -mapa -n-71-de-29-de-dezembro -
de-2020-297618677  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/BRA/21_0434_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amends paragraph 7 of Article 2 and paragraph 8 of Article 6 
of the Authorization Standard for the import of plant species, their products and 
by-products  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory fr om 
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 st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BRA/1876  
 
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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 February 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 January 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2021  
[ ] 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 March 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
Secretariat of Trade and International Affairs (SCRI) of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Food Supply (MAPA)  
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:   
Secretariat of Trade and International Affairs (SCRI) of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 
and Food Supply (MAPA)  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br