The following communication, received on 22 August 2019, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Brazil:

The notification contained in document G/SPS/N/BRA/1530 was distributed erroneously and therefore should be considered null and void.

National Program for the Monitoring of Resistance to Antimicrobials in Fisheries Resources; Scope and Methodologies to be applied towards finfish within the Program for the Monitoring of Resistance to Antimicrobials in Fisheries Resources. Language(s): Portuguese and English. Number of pages: 5

This is to notify that the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture issued the Normative Instruction N°30 on 30 December 2014, published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União) on 2 January 2015, section 1, to establish the National Program for the Monitoring of Resistance to Antimicrobials in Fisheries Resources, in order to guarantee the sustainability of aquatic animal production systems and the health of fisheries resources and their products obtained from national cultivated organisms. It was also published the Ministerial Order N°444 on 30 December 2014, published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União) on 2 January 2015, section 1, which sets the scope and methodologies to be applied within the Program for the Monitoring of Resistance to Antimicrobials in Fisheries Resources for the taxonomic group of finfish.