. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/155 
28 June 2004 
 (04-2778) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Metrolog y, Standardization and Industrial 
Quality-INMETRO  Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2821 Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542 
Email:  barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br 
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br 
 
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 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Household appliances: 
electric hair dryers (HS 851631), vacuum cl eaners (HS 850910), and blenders (HS 850940). 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act 
number 105, dated June, 03rd 2004 (Portaria  Nº 105, de 03 de junho de 2004), issued by 
Inmetro, on household appliances (hair dryers, v acuum cleaners and blenders) (08 pages, in 
Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   Technical Regulation laying down conformity assessment 
procedures for the declaration of acoustical  noise for household appliances (blenders, 
vacuum cleaners and hair dryers), including labelling requirements.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer’s health safety a nd labelling requirements.   
8. Relevant documents:   Conama Resolution numbe r 20, dated  December, 07th 1994 
(Resolução Conama Nº 20, de 07 de dezembro de 1994); NBR13910-1:1997 – Test Directives for the Determination of Acoustical Noise of Household Devices and Similars – 
Part 1 – General Requirements (Diretrizes de  Ensaios para a Determinação de Ruído 
Acústico de Aparelhos Eletrodomésticos e Si milares – Parte 1 – Requisitos Gerais); 
NBR13910-2-2:1998 – Test Directives for th e Determination of Acoustical Noise of 
Household Devices and Similars – Part 2 – Particular Requirements for Hair Dryers 
(Diretrizes de Ensaios para a Determinação de Ruído Acústico de Aparelhos G/TBT/N/BRA/155 
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Eletrodomésticos e Similares – Parte 2 – Requis itos Particulares para Secadores de Cabelo); 
NBR 13910-2-3:1998 - Test Directives for the Determination of Accoustical Noise of 
Household Devices and Similars – Part 2 – Par ticular Requirements for Blenders (Diretrizes 
de Ensaios para a Determinação de Ruído Acústico de Aparelhos Eletrodomésticos e 
Similares – Parte 2 – Requisitos Particulares para liqüidificadores); IEC 60704-2-1:2000 – 
Household and similar eletrical appliance test  code for the determination of air borne 
accoustical noise part 2-1. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not stated 
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:        
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/rtac/pdf/RTAC000898.pdf