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Notifying
Member: BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Secretariat of Animal
and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA) - Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
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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): Live animals -
Elephants
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Sanitary
requirements of Brazil for the importation of elephants.
Language(s): Portuguese, Spanish and English. Number of
pages: 9
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/BRA/25_07496_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: The document provides
the sanitary requirements for the importation of elephants to Brazil. Note
that in the same document all requirements are provided in Portuguese,
Spanish and English in sequence.
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Objective
and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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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):
[X] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2024), Chapter 2.1. Import risk analysis,
Chapter 2.2. Criteria applied by WOAH for assessing the safety of
commodities, Chapter 5.1. General obligations related to certification,
Chapter 5.2. Certification procedures, Chapter 5.3. WOAH procedures relevant
to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of
the World Trade Organization, Chapter 5.4. Animal health measures applicable
before and at departure, Chapter 5.5. Animal health measures applicable
during transit from the place of departure in the exporting country to the
place of arrival in the importing country, Chapter: 8.8. Infection with foot
and mouth disease virus
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] 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:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
After 60 days for comments.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 5 January 2026
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 Ralations
E-mail:
sps@agro.gov.br
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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 and Livestock
Secretariat of Trade and International Ralations
E-mail: sps@agro.gov.br
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