G/TBT/N/BRA/1083  
8 October 2020 
(20-6916) 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 Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL  
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  
Telefax: +(55) 21 2563.5637  
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):  Electrical 
apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, incl. line telephone sets with cordless 
handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier -current line systems or for digital 
line system s; videophones; parts thereof (HS 8517); Transmission apparatus for radio -
telephony, radio -telegraphy, radio -broadcasting or television, whether or not 
incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television 
cameras; still  image video cameras and other video camera recorders (HS 8525); 
Reception apparatus for radio -telephony, radio -telegraphy or radio -broadcasting, 
whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing 
apparatus or a clock (HS 852 7); Telecommunications in general (ICS 33.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation No. 69, 5 October 2020. Proposal for updating Specific Absorption Rate 
(SAR) test procedures for telecommunications prod ucts, established by Act No. 955, 
of 8 February 2018 (28 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Public Consultation proposal for including test procedures for 
conformance assessment of products that incorporate Time -Period Averaging  SAR (TAS) 
technology.  
Improve test procedures of SAR to conformity assessment at products to establish limit 
distance of measurement, tests with accessories and impacts on the measurement after 
battery change of the equipment under test.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1083  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The need to update technical requirements to ensure that new products with 
automatic output transmission power monitoring and control technologies operate within 
the maximum permitted lim its for the specific absorption rate (SAR). In addition, this 
proposal aims to carry out the review of other topics from Annex I to Act No. 955/2018 
for update of regulatory references, of the radio spectrum evaluation range and content 
adequacy for alignm ent with national and international standards in force. The proposed 
revision also includes a reassessment of the rules to be applied during laboratory tests 
for the purpose of optimising the procedures for evaluation of the SAR in portable 
telecommunicati ons terminals, taking into account, in the following order preferably: the 
international literature applied, the history of the measures carried out in the evaluation 
of these products in Brazilian laboratories and the experience gained during the current 
procedures in the process of certification and approval of the Agency.  
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_documento_consulta_externa.
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Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  01) Brazilian Official Gazette 192 on 06 October 2020, section 1, 
page 6; 02) SEI process number 53500.020411/2020 -07 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-69-de-5-de-outubro -de-2020-
281308206   
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/ pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?exIsiWoP
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not yet defined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not yet defined  
10. Final date for comments:  4 November 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL  
Telephone: +(55) 61 2312.2318 Telefax: +(55) 61 2312.2949  
Email: certificacao@anatel.gov.br   
Website: http://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/sacp  
Comments should be sent to the Brazilian TBT Enquiry Point 
(barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br ) and copied to leonardoc@anatel.gov.br  and 
davison@anatel.gov.br . 
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/ListaConsultasContribuicoes.asp?Tip
o=1&Opcao=andamento&SISQSmodulo=1442#