G/SPS/N/BRA/2243  
24 January 2024  
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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 and Livestock (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):  Animal in quarantine for export  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Paraguay; Uruguay  
5. Title of the notified document:  SDA/MAPA ORDINANCE No 991, of 15 January 2024 - 
Submit to Public Consultation, for a period of 60 (sixty) days, the draft Mercosur 
Resolution that establishes the conditions that animal isolation units must comply with for 
export quarantine and provisions for their operation . Language(s):  Portuguese . Number 
of pages:  5 
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda/mapa -n-991-de-15-de-janeiro -de-2024-
538615201  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/BRA/24_00717_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Submit to Public Consultation, for a period of 60 days, the draft 
Mercosur Resolution that establishes the conditions that animal isolation units must comply 
with for export quarantine and pro visions for their operation.  
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 internati onal 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 
inter national standard:   G/SPS/N/BRA/2243  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2024  
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 and Livestock  
Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agro.gov.br  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notifica tion Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock  
Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agro.gov.br