G/TBT/N/BRA/1127  
21 January 2021  
(21-0641) 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):  Inspection 
Company of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance 
No. 395, 28 December 2020 (30 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of con tent:  This ordinance approves the Consolidated Regulation for the 
Inspection Company of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC) for the Land Transportation 
of Dangerous Products, in the form of Quality Technical Regulation of Conformity 
Assessment Requirements and specifications for the Conformity Identification Mark, set 
out in Annexes I, II and II, respectively.  
Revokes on the effective date of this Ordinance:  
I - Inmetro Ordinance No. 280, 5 August 2008, published in the Federal Official Gazette 
on 6 August 2008, section 01, page 54, on 13 February 2021;  
II - articles 2, 3 and 4 of Ordinance Inmetro nº 347, 3 October 2008, published in the 
Official Gazette on 6 Oct ober 2008, section 01, page 68, on the effective date of this 
Ordinance;  
III - Inmetro Ordinance No. 456, 22 December 2008, published in the Official Gazette on 
30 December 2008, section 01, pages 94 to 95, on the effective date of this Ordinance;  
IV - sole paragraph of art. 6 and item IX of art. 8 of Inmetro Ordinance No. 282, 26  August 
2020, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 28 August 2020, section 01, pages 323 
to 325, on the effective date of this Ordinance; and  
V - Inmetro Ordinance No. 338,  27 October 2020, published in the Federal Official Gazette 
on 13 November 2020, section 01, page 58, on the effective date of this Ordinance.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1127  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This Quality Technical Reg ulation establishes the mandatory requirements 
for companies inspecting intermediate bulk containers (IBC) intended for the transport of 
dangerous products, to be attended by all service providers in the national territory; Not 
specified  
8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 56 on 31 December 2020, section 1, 
page 56  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-395-de-28-de-dezembr o-de-2020-
297215515  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 February 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 February 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:   
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002689.pdf