. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/134
27 October 2003
(03-5671)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Institute of Metrology, Standardisation and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2821
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site:           www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Tubes, pipes and hollow
profiles, seamless of iron (not cast iron) or steel (HS 7304 ); Other tubes & pipes of iron or
steel external diameter 406.4mm or more welded rivets  (HS 7305 ); Other tubes, pipes and
hollow profiles of iron or steel (not 7305) (HS 7306)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Ministerial Act
number 161, September 30th, 2003 (Portaria  no. 161 de 30 de setembro de 2003), issued by
Inmetro, on mandatory technical requirements for carbon steel or microalloyed steels tubes ,
used in the assembly of transmission towers of electrical energy. (8 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Technical Regulation laying down mandatory technical regulation
for carbon steel or microalloyed steels tubes, welded or seamless, used in the assembly oftransmission towers of electrical energy, ei ther, national produced and imported, which are
marketed in Brazil.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety requirements.
8. Relevant documents:   Official Journal, October, 6th 2003, page 88 (D.O.U. de 06 de
outubro de 2003, Nº 193); Brazilian Standards:  NBR 7433:1982 – Tubular Steel Products –
Determination of tensile strength (Produtos tubulares de aço - Determinação das
propriedades mecânicas à tração); NBR 6641:1984 – Sampling procedures for the chemical
analysis of laminated steel and other laminated products (Coleta de amostras para análisequímica de aços destinados à laminação e de produtos laminados); NBR 6642:1984 –G/TBT/N/BRA/134
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Sample preparation for the chemical analysis of laminated steel and other laminated
products (Preparação de amostras para análise química de aços destinados à laminação e de
produtos laminados); NBR 6154: 1985 – Circular cross section steel tubes– Flattening Test
– Test Method (Tubos de aço de seção circular – Ensaio de achatamento – Método de
Ensaio).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   6 December 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/regs_ext/docs/documentos/CD000567.pdf