G/TBT/N/BRA/1148  
16 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):  Raw hides 
and skins of bovine "incl. buffalo" or equine animals, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled 
or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. tanned, parchment -
dressed or further prepar ed) (HS 4101); Leather and furs (ICS 59.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public Consult 
N° 02, 9 March 2021 (6 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Proposal to amend the Requirements for Conformity  
Assessment for Sustainability of the Leather Production Process, approved by Inmetro 
Ordinance No. 314, 30 June 2015.  
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  G/TBT/N/BRA/1148  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  According t o paragraph "f" of item 4.2 of the Reference Term of the Brazilian 
Evaluation conformity assessment, adopted by Conmetro Resolution No. 4 of December 
2, 2002, which assigns to the Inmetro the competence to establish the guidelines and 
criteria for the eval uation activity of the conformity assessment. Considering the need to 
keep the normative basis of the Ordinance up -to-date and, as a result, to enable the 
advances applicable to the sustainability of the leather production process.; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 49 on 15 March 2021, section 1, page 62 2) Ordinance 
Inmetro No. 314, 30 June 2015  
https://www.in.gov .br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-2-de-9-de-marco -de-2021-
308345825  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002268.pdf  
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:  28 April 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/RTAC002710.pdf