. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/747 
25 May 2011  
 (11-2601) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Secretariat of Monitoring and Control of Fisheries and Aquaculture - 
SEMOC, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture - MPA 
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):  Bivalve molluscs (HS Code 0307) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  All regions of Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document:  Portaria MPA nº 122 (Submission for Public Consultation 
of the National Program of Hygienic and Sanitary Control of Bivalve Molluscs) - 
Submitted in 4 May 2011  Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:   
6. Description of content:  The notified document submits to public consultation, until 
4 June 2011, the National Program of Hygienic  and Sanitary Control of Bivalve Molluscs 
which sets the conditions (based both on micr obiological parameters and occurrence of 
toxins produced by marine microalgae) for the removal of bivalve molluscs from cultivated 
areas intended for human consumption.  It also  sets the industrial and inspection parameters 
to the processing of the molluscs removed from the monitored areas.  It is a shared 
legislation between the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] 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 international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
 CODEX STAN 292/2008 - Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/BRA/747 
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  [ ] None 
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 language(s ) in which these are available:   
Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da Un ião), nº 84, 4 May 2011,  section 1, page 28, 
Portaria n° 122, 3 May 2011, issued by Ministry of Fishery and Aquaculture. 
The document submitted for public consultation is available at: 
"http://www.mpa.gov.br/mpa/seap/html/PAR A%20SITE/PORTARIAS_2011/Portaria%20
n%C2%BA%20122%20(Submeter%20a%20C onsulta%20P%C3%BAblica%20o%20Progr
ama%20Nacional%20de%20Cont role%20Higi%C3%AAnico%20Sanit%C3%A1rio%20de
%20Moluscos%20Bivalves)%20-%20Publicada%20em%2004.05.11.pdf "  
(available in Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :    
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  4 June 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:   
Secretariat of Monitoring and Control of Fisheries and Aquaculture - SEMOC 
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture - MPA Setor Bancário Sul, Quadra 2, Bloco J, Edifício Carlton Tower, 7º Andar Postal Code: 70070-120 - Brasília - DF - Brazil 
Tel:  +(5561) 2023-3531 
Fax:  +(5561) 2023-3909 E-mail:  sanidade@mpa.gov.br Website:  http://www.mpa.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: