G/TBT/N/BRA/1179  
17 May 2021  
(21-4106) 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 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):  Parts of 
trailers and semi -trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propelled, n.e.s 
(HS 871690)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance N° 217, 11 May 2021. (12  page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Inmetro Ordinance No. 217 approves the conformity 
assessment requirements for kingpins - Consolidated.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Decree 10.139  of 28 November 2019 provides for the need for revision and 
consolidation of normative acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate 
regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in 
time or the need canno t be identified. Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory 
processes will be reduced. Inmetro, or entity accredited by it, in accordance with § 1º of 
Article 4º of the regulation for the road transportation of dangerous goods, shall attest to 
the suitability of vehicles and road equipment intended for the carriage of dangerous 
products. Road vehicles carrying cargo and dangerous goods may only be on service after 
proof of compliance with the safety requirements and conditions established in the 
Brazilian Traffic Code - CTB and the Resolutions of the National Traffic Council – Contran 
Kingpins, used in road vehicles carrying dangerous goods, marketed in the country, must 
have minimum safety requirements; Other  G/TBT/N/BRA/1179  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 88 on 12 May 2021, section 1, 
page 178; 2) Inmetro Ordinance No. 217  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-217-de-11-de-maio-de-2021-
319499226  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002764.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 June 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
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/barreir astecnicas  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002764.pdf