G/TBT/N/BRA/1152  
23 March 2021  
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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 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):  Denatured 
ethyl alcohol and other spirits of any strength (HS 220720); Alcohols. Ethers 
(ICS 71.080.60)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public Consult 
N° 04, 17 March 2021 (5 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Proposal to amend the Technical Quality Regulation and 
Conformity Assessment for Ethyl Alcohol labelling.  
Criticisms and suggestions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model available at:  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/  preferably in electronic form to the following 
addresses:  
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro  
Conformity Assessment Directorate - Dconf  
Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, nº 50/Xerém  
ZIP Code 25.250 -020 – Rio de Janeiro/RJ  
E-mail: dconf.consultapublica@inmetro.gov.br  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Product safety; Conformity assessment requirements.  
This legal instrument proposes adjustments of a complementary nature to the referred 
RTQ and RAC, established by Inmetro Ordinances 269 and 270, of 6 August 2008, 
respectively, not being characterized by a process of comprehensive improvement of 
these regu latory measures.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1152  
 
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  The motivation of this complementary Ordinance comes from demands presented by the 
Brazilian Cosmetics Industry. The addressed subjects:  
• Technological innovations in the process of packaging ethyl alcohol (packaging 
format).  
• Test method s  
• Labelling Frequency of testing; Not specified  
8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 54 on 22 March 2021, section 1, 
page 83  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-4-de-17-de-marco -de-2021-
309570206  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  In the date of its publication  
Proposed date of entry into force:  In the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  20 May 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 Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002711.pdf