G/TBT/N/BRA/1204  
7 July 2021  
(21-5370) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology 
(INMETRO)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if  different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
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):  Structures 
and parts of structures "e.g., bridges and bridge -sections, lock -gates, towers, lattice 
masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for 
doors, shutters, balustra des, pillars and columns", of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, 
shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel (excl. 
prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) (HS 7308); Construction materials (ICS 91.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance N° 286, 29 June 2021. (5 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Inmetro Ordinance No. 286 amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 412 
of 1 September 2014, which included in t he requirements of conformity assessment for 
materials and equipment of civil construction, approved by in Inmetro Ordinance No. 658, 
2012, Annex M - Ceramic plates for coating and porcelain tiles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgen t problems where 
applicable:  The demand of the productive sector, to Inmetro, for the implementation of 
the conformity assessment for civil construction materials and equipment; The need to 
improve the conformity assessment programs for ceramic tiles and f or ceramic blocks for 
structural and sealing masonry as well the requirements of the product certification; 
Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/BRA/1204  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 123 on 02 July 2021, section 1, 
page 47; 2) Inmetro Ordinance No. 412, 01 September 2014; 3) Inmetro Ordinance 
No. 658, 17 December 2012  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -inmetro -n-286-de-29-de-junho -de-2021-
329488367  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002167.pdf  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001946.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  2 July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  2 July 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002788.pdf