. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/67
5 December 2002
(02-6708)
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, Standardization and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br /barreirastecnicas
Agency responsible:   Brazilian National Petroleum Agency
Telephone: +(55) 21 3804 0000Telefax: +(55) 21 3804 0102/03/04
Web-site: www.anp.gov.br
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-siteaddresses, 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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Fuel oils
(HS: Chapter 27)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act
number 80,  April 30th 1999 (Portaria no. 80  de 30 de abril de 1999), issued by the Brazilian
National Petroleum Agency, on marketing requirements for fuel oils. (6 pages, in
Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Ministerial Act and Annex Technical Regulation which lay down
the marketing requirements for national and imported fuel oils. The determination of the
product characteristics will be carried out based on the following ASTM, Brazilian
Standards (NBR/ABNT) and Br azilian Methods (MB/ABNT):
• ASTM D 4057 – Practice for manual sampling of petroleum and petroleum products
• NBR/ABNT 10441 (based on ASTM D 445) – Test method for kinematic viscosity of
transparent and opaque liquids (and calculation of dynamic viscosity)
• NBR/ABNT 5847  - Bituminous material – Absolute viscosity determination (Material
betuminoso – Determinação da viscosidade absoluta)
• MB/ABNT 326 – Test method for the viscos ity determination of petroleum products
(Método de ensaio para a determinação da viscosidade de produtos de petróleo)
• ASTM D 2171 – Test method for viscosity of asphalts by vacuum capillary viscometerG/TBT/N/BRA/67
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• ASTM D 88 – Test method for Saybolt viscosity
• MB/ABNT 902 (based on ASTM D 1552) – Test method for sulphur in petroleum
products (High-temperature method)
• ASTM D 2622 – Test method for sulphur in  petroleum products by X-ray spectrometry
• ASTM D 4294 – Test method for sulphur in petroleum products by energy-dispersive
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
• NBR/ABNT 14236 (based on ASTM D 95) – Test method for water in petroleum
products and bituminous materials by distillation
• MB/ABNT 294 (based on ASTM D 473) – Test method for sediment in crude oils and
fuel oils by the extraction method
• MB/ABNT 48 (based on ASTM D 93) – Test method for flash point by Pensky-Martens
closed cup tester
• NBR/ABNT 7148 (based on ASTM D 1298) – Practice for density, relative density
(specific gravity) or API gravity of crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products by
hydrometer method
• NBR/ABNT 14065 (based on ASTM D 4052) – Test method for density and relative
density of liquids by digital density meter
• NBR/ABNT 11349 (based on ASTM D 97) – Test method for pour point of petroleum
products
• ASTM D 5863 – Test method for determination of nickel, vanadium, iron and sodium
in crude oils and residual fuels by flame atomic absorption spectrometry
• ASTM D 5708 – Test method for determination of nickel, vanadium and iron in crude
oils and residual fuels by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) atomic emission
spectrometry
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s safety.
8. Relevant documents:   ASTM D 4057; NBR/ABNT 10441; ASTM D 445; NBR/ABNT
5847; MB/ABNT 326; ASTM D 2171; ASTM  D 88; MB/ABNT 902; ASTM D 15520;
ASTM D 2622; ASTM D 4294; NBR/ABNT 14236; ASTM D 95; MB/ABNT 294; ASTM
D 473; MB/ABNT 48; ASTM D 93; NBR/ ABNT 7148; ASTM D 1298; NBR/ABNT
14065; ASTM D 4052; NBR/ABNT 11349; ASTM D 97; ASTM D 5863;ASTM D 5708
9. Proposed date of adoption:  3 May 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   Not stated
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:
www.inmetro.gov.br /barreirastecnicas