G/TBT/N/BRA/1194  
15 June 2021  
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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):  Flexible 
tubes, pipes and hoses, of plastics, reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials 
(excl. those with a burst pressure of >= 27,6 MPa) (HS 391739)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the  notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance No. 247, 07 June 2021 (8 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Inmetro Ordinance No. 247 approves the consolidation of 
technical quality regulation and the conformity assessment requirements for plasticiz ed 
PVC hoses for domestic installation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Decree 10.139 of 28 November 2019 provides for the need for revision and 
consolidation of normat ive acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate 
regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in 
time or the need cannot be identified. Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory 
processes will be reduced. The potential risk and the increase in the incidence of consumer 
accidents caused by Plasticized PVC Hoses for Domestic Installation of Liquefied Petroleum 
Gas (LPG) and the need to ensure consumer safety with a preventing accidents approach. 
The importance of plasticized PVC hoses for domestic Installation of Liquefied Petroleum 
Gas (LPG), marketed in the country to present minimum requirements for security.; Other  G/TBT/N/BRA/1194  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 107 on 10 June 2021, section 1, page 109; 2) Inmetro 
Ordinance No. 247, 07 June 2021 3) Inmetro Ordinance No. 659, 17 December 2012, 4) 
Inmetro Ordinance No. 660, de 17 December 2012, 5) Inmetro Ordinance No. 221, de 05 
May 2015.  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-247-de-7-de-junho -de-2021-
324795234  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/ RTAC001947.pdf  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001948.pdf  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002253.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002771.pdf