Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Brazil - Elephants

NOTIFICATION

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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