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28 July 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 27 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . 
 
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Ordinance (Portaria) No. 232 of 22 July 2021, Establishes a deadline for applying the requirements 
contained in MAPA Ordinance No. 59 of 29 March 2021, in relation to the import of corn grain from 
MERCOSUR countries  
Art. 1  A period of 360 (three hundred and sixty) days is granted to apply the requirements in relation 
to corn grain for consumption (Category 3) provided for in MAPA Ordinance No. 59 of 29 March 2021, 
published in the Federal Official Gazette No. 63, Section 1, 6 April 2021, pages 10 and 11.  
 During the period established in the caput for shipments of corn gr ains for consumption 
(Category  3), only a Phytosanitary Certificate will be required, without an Additional Declaration.  
Art. 2  This Ordinance enters into force on 2 August 2021.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/BRA/21_4849_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of  originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br  G/SPS/N/BRA/1929/Add.1  
 
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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, Livestock and Food Supply Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br  
 
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