G/SPS/N/BRA/1955/Add.1  
 
15 July 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 14 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . 
 
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Ordinance (Portaria) No. 204 of 5 July 2021, Amends the Ordinance (Portaria) No. 177 of 16 June 
2021 that establishes procedures and criteria for phytosanitary certification in the export and import 
of plants, parts of plants, products of plant origin and other regulated articles  
The Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs (MAPA - Brazil) has updated the Regulation 
regarding the use of Phytosanitary Certificates for plant products.  
The Portaria No. 177 of 16 June 2021 came into force on 1 July 2021, replacing the Instrução 
Normativa No. 71 of 2018.  
The Re gulation is focused on establishing the procedures to issue the Phytosanitary Certificates that 
will accompany the plant products exported by Brazil.  
However, the Regulation is now establishing some basic rules for receiving the Phytosanitary 
Certificates to plant products imported as well. The Chapter "V" sets out the conditions for accepting 
Phytosanitary Certificates related to the import of plant products. We would like to highlight the new 
requirement regarding the validity of Phytosanitary Certificate s that accompany plant products 
imported into Brazil.  
The Phytosanitary Certificate or the Phytosanitary Certificate for Re -export will not be considered 
valid if they were issued more than 14 days before the departure of the plants, plant products and 
other regulated articles from the exporting country. The date of departure will be considered the date 
of bill of lading issuance.  
Furthermore, we would like to inform that the Brazilian Phytosanitary Certificate will continue to be 
issued with electronic/dig ital signature. This procedure is aligned with the ISPM 12 IPPC and follows 
security protocols to ensure its reliability.  
Lastly, from 1 October 2021 on, the Brazilian Phytosanitary Certificates will be issued on white regular 
paper. The light green paper will no longer be used after 1 October 2021, for the issuance of the 
Phytosanitary Certificates.  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -mapa -n-204-de-5-de-julho-de-2021-330694805  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/BRA/21_4687_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  G/SPS/N/BRA/1955/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Membe rs, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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  
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  
 
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