G/TBT/N/BRA/1049  
30 July 2020  
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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 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):  HS: 
8517.11; Telephone equipment (ICS 33.050.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
consultation no. 63, 21 July 2020. (2 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This draft r esolution establishes the proposal for the Annual 
Review of Local Areas of the Fixed Switched Telephone Service Intended for the Use of 
the General Public - STFC, for the year 2020.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable:  The Regulation on Local Areas for the STFC [2.3] provides for the obligation 
to review annual local areas and local treatment concession that fulfill the criteria of urban 
continuity or by reasoned request from the STFC concessionaire in the l ocal modality. The 
Regulatory Agenda 2019 -2020 [2.6] established, among Anatel's regulatory actions, the 
Annual Review of Local Areas of the Fixed Switched Telephone Service Intended for the 
Use of the General Public - STFC (Action 19). Thus, the present p rocess  deals with the 
annual review of Local Areas of the STFC referring to the year 2020, already within the 
competence of the Superintendent of Planning and Regulation considering the 
amendments to the Regulation on Local Areas for the STFC which were in troduced by the 
Resolution nº 728, of 1 June 2020 [2.4],that comes into force on 3 August 2020, as 
provided in its art. 10.; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
(1) Brazilian Official Gazette 140, 23 July 2020, section 1, page 7. (02) SEI process 
number 53500.013774/2019 -44; Resolution No. 560, of 21 January 201 1; Resolution No. 
728, of 1 June 2020; Resolution No. 666, of 2 May 2016 (3) Brazilian Official Gazette (4) 
Not stated  G/TBT/N/BRA/1049  
 
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https://www.anatel.gov.br/legislacao/resolucoes/2016/901 -resolucao -666 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the date of the publication of the final text  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of the publication of the final text  
10. Final date for comments:  24 August 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 regulamentacao@anatel.gov.br  
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/TextoCo nsulta.asp?CodProcesso=C2
376&Tipo=1&Opcao=andamento