WORLD TRADE G/SPS/GEN/46
23January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0239)
Original: English Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE)
Submission ofBrazil
Thefollowing communication wasreceived from thePermanent Mission ofBrazil on
20January 1998.
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TheMinister ofAgriculture andSupply ofBrazil hasissued Administrative Directive No.516,
of9December 1997, which declares Brazil freeofbovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Such
measure isbased onArticle 3.2.13.2 oftheInternational Animal Health Code, modified bytheOIE
during its65thGeneral Assembly.
Among other measures, theabove mentioned Administrative Directive determines thatthe
recommendations established inArticle 3.2.13.2 oftheInternational Animal Health Code inorder to
prevent thespread ofatransmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) aretobeapplied asof
1January 1998.
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