G/TBT/N/BRA/1183  
19 May 2021  
(21-4208) 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  
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 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS 
AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, 
AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES (HS 85); TELECOMMUNICATIONS. 
AUDIO AND VIDE O ENGINEERING (ICS 33), PAPER TECHNOLOGY (ICS 85)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation No. 25, 14 May 2021 (1 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Update of the Operational Procedure for AN ATEL Identification 
Label in Telecommunications Products to extend the entry into force of the obligations 
listed in item 5.2.1 and include the exception of products that are regulated by the 
National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The main objective of a conformity assessment process is to attest whether 
an equipment, person, process or service complies with any standard or requirement that 
establishes parameters t o be assessed. At the end of this process, a certificate is normally 
issued attesting to the conformity of the object submitted to the procedure. When the 
subject of this evaluation is a physical product, in addition to the certificate it is common 
that a physical or electronic marking is required in it, it is common that this physical 
marking is made by a seal containing the logo of the entity responsible for the conformity 
assessment program. In the case of ANATEL, the type -approval seal is the marking th at 
indicates that the product has been submitted to the Agency's conformity assessment 
process and has met the criteria set out in its technical requirements and operational 
procedures. The seal also plays a key role for consumers to identify that that pro duct is 
safe and covered by the guarantees of operation in accordance with the regulations issued 
by ANATEL. Another important role of the type -approval seal concerns the activities of 
surveillance and combating piracy. ANATEL has an action plan to combat piracy (PACP) 
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  approved by ANATEL. The activities are developed in commerce, distributors and customs, 
where the first indication of the lack of homologation is the non -application of the ANATEL 
seal. The format and rules for its display are set out in the Operational Procedure for 
Marking the Identification of Anatel Homologation in Telecommunications Products, 
approved by Act No. 4088 of July 31, 2020. During the period gra nted for the adequacy 
of the market to the rules of the Regulation, the industry has expressed the need for the 
extension of the deadline set, which ends on 31 July 2021. Due to the manifestation of 
the industries on the need to adapt to the regulation, it  is proposed to extend the period 
determined in Art. 2 of Act No. 4088/2020 from 360 (three hundred and sixty) days to 
730 (seven hundred and thirty) days, which will be on the date of 31 July 2022.; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
01) Brazilian Official Gazette 91, on 17 May 2021, section 1, page 21 02) SEI process 
number 53500.017074/2021 -43 03) Informe 31 on SEI process number 
53500.017074/2021 -43  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-25-de-14-de-maio-de-2021-
320070138  
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?exIsiWoP
bTSMJNP15y_TiUpWIfXjgqaCc -
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HFIhwTW_ BMXFd3n1YxtSry_U  
https:// sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_documento_consulta_externa.
php?eEP -
wqk1skrd8hSlk5Z3rN4EVg9uLJqrLYJw_9INcO4VXrvs0hAZOHDSnFT1bXmCs_TyxnkYWwF
_AJxfHmNWOjan9ABUZfB3SmSK08YBPJPuOUv9XfgHMuJeVASUaz_Y  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be defined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  31 July 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  25 June 2021  
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  
 
Comments should be sent to the Brazilian TBT Enquiry  Point 
(barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br ) and copied to certificacao@anatel.gov.br  
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/TextoConsulta.asp?CodProcesso=C2
487&Tipo=1&Opcao=andamento