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G/SPS/N/BRA/757 
15 July 2011 
 (11-3543) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária , SDA (Secretariat of 
Agricultural Protection), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento , MAPA 
(Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Queen bees and apiculture 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:  Requisitos zoosanitarios par a la importación de abejas 
reinas y productos apícolas (Animal health requirements for the importation into Brazil of 
queen bees and apiculture products)  Language(s):  Spanish and  Portuguese  Number of 
pages:  8 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_2217_00_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2011/sps/BRA/11_2217_00_x.pdf 
6. Description of content:  Approval of the animal health requirements for the importation 
into Brazil of queen bees and apiculture  products and of the model certificates. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  September 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  December 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Secretaria de Relações Internacionais - SRI 
Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento - MAPA Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "D", 3º andar 
70043-900 - Brasília - DF - Brasil 
Tel.: +(5561) 3218-2308 / 3218-2834 Fax: +(5561) 3225-4738 E-mail:  cgomc@agricultura.gov.br Website: http://www.agricultura.gov.br/  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: