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Ref : EIC 413/2

30 April 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 326/2013

Brazil : Modification of Drug Testing Import Procedures

The Brazilian government issued Resolution No. 10/2013 and No. 11/2013 on 6 March 2013 to modify provisions for imports of certain drugs and related products.

2.Resolution No. 10/2013 exempts from sanitary inspection samples and sample collection kits intended for doping control tests under the sanitary vigilance regime when they are imported by a laboratory and/or entity recognised by the Brazilian Authority for Doping Control (ABCD). The exemption does not apply to certain substances subject to special control as set out in Resolution No. 39/2012.

3.Resolution No. 11/2013 requires the import of substances and drugs contained in Resolution No. 39/2012 to be subject to special control. It sets out the application procedures and requirements to establish the annual and supplementary import quota, import licence or non-objection certification for imports of such substances and drugs.

 4.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the above Brazilian Resolutions (in Portuguese), which are available at:

Resolution No. 10/2013 (relevant to paragraph 2 above):
http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=08/03/2013&jornal=1&pagina=76&totalArquivos=304
http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=08/03/2013&jornal=1&pagina=77&totalArquivos=304

Resolution No. 11/2013 (relevant to paragraph 3 above):
http://www.in.gov.br/imprensa/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=1&pagina=58&data=07/03/2013
http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=07/03/2013&jornal=1&pagina=59&totalArquivos=160

Resolution No. 39/2012 (relevant to paragraph 3 above):
ftp://ftp.saude.sp.gov.br/ftpsessp/bibliote/informe_eletronico/2012/iels.jul.12/Iels128/U_RS-MS-ANVISA-RDC-39_090712.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

5.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.