G/TBT/N/BRA/1077  
3 September 2020  
(20-5994) 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):  Tacit 
approval for the public acts of release of Inmetro 's responsibility  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance 35, 29 January 2020. (2 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This Ordinance establishes the deadlines for the purposes of 
tacit approval for the public acts of release of responsibility of Inmetro, as provided in the 
caput of art. 10 of Decree No. 10.178, 18 December 2019  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To provide  the criteria and procedures for the classification of risk of 
economic activity and to set the deadline for tacit approval In accordance with paragraph 
6 of Article 1 of Law No . 13.874 of 20 September 2019, public acts of release are the 
license, authorization, grant, registration, permission, license, registration, accreditation, 
study, plan, registration and other acts required, under any denomination, by public 
administration  body or entity in the application of legislation, condition for the exercise of 
economic activity, including the beginning, the continuation and purpose for installation, 
construction, operation, production, operation, use, exercise or carrying out, in th e public 
or private sphere, activity, service, establishment, profession, installation, operation, 
product, equipment, vehicle, building and others. Decree No. 10.178 of 18 December 
2019, which regulates provisions of Law No. 13.874 of 20 September 2019, t o provide 
for the criteria and procedures for the classification of risk of economic activity and to set 
the deadline for tacit approval, and amends Decree No. 9.094 of 17 July 2017, to include 
elements in the Letter of Services to the customer. Inmetro re quires public acts of release 
for the exercise of economic activities.; Other  G/TBT/N/BRA/1077  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 22 on 31 January 2020, section 1, page 94 2) Law No. 13.874, 
20 September 2019 3) Decree No. 10.178 of December 18, 2019 4) Not stated  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-35-de-29-de-janeiro -de-2020-240821826  
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2019 -2022/2019/lei/L13874.htm  
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2019 -2022/2019/decreto/D1 0178.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 February 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 February 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applied  
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/RTAC002619.pdf