G/TBT/N/BRA/1080  
5 October 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 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):  Weighing 
machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight 
operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds 
(HS 8423)  
5. Title, number of pages and lan guage(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation 15, 29 September 2020 (32 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Establishes proposal for revision of Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, 
24 July 2013 - Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on a utomatic weighing 
instruments for road vehicles in motion and its annex - Software Requirements  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002668.pdf  
Criticisms and suggest ions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model 
for the contribution of legal metrology requirements, available  at: 
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/  preferably in electronic form to the following  
addresses:  
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro  
Legal Metrology  Directorate - Dimel  
Metrology Technical Articulation and Regulation Division - Diart 
Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, n ° 50 - Xerém  
ZIP Code 25250 -020 - Duque de Caxias / RJ  
FAX: (21) 2145 -3232 
E-mail: diart@inmetro.gov.br  G/TBT/N/BRA/1080  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The need for fast and reliable measurements due to the large num ber of 
goods transported on Brazilian roads; The need for metrological technical regulation of 
automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion, used to monitor the weight 
of vehicles on the roads; The need for reliable measurements with these in struments can 
contribute to the reduction of premature and excessive wear of the pavement of 
highways, as well as contribute to the reduction in the number of accidents caused by 
overweight road vehicles; The need to expand public policies for monitoring t he weight of 
vehicles on national highways presented by the  Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure; Other  
8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 144 on 02 October 2020, section 1, 
page 61; 2) Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, 24 July 2013; 3) Inmetro Ordinance N0. 47, 
22 January 2016  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-15-de-29-de-setembro -de-
2020-280802148  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001994.pdf  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002374.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined after the end of the consultation period  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Enters into force o n the date of its publication in 
the Federal Official Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  31 October 2020  
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/RTAC002668.pdf