G/TBT/N/BRA/1003  
14 May 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)  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
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 abov e:  
Ministry of Economy - Special Secretariat for Social Security and Labor  
http://trabalho.gov.br/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Individual 
Protection Equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
Ordinance  11.437, of 06 May 2020 (Portaria Nº 11.437, de 06 de maio de 2020) 
(14 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This Ordinance establishes the procedures and technical 
requirements for the evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment and issuing, re newing or 
changing the Certificate of Approval – CA. 
It revokes the following Ordinances:  
I - DSST Ordinance No. 125, of  12 November 2009;  
II - DSST  Ordinance No. 127, of 2 December 2009;  
III - SIT Ordinance No. 392, of 18 July 2013;  
IV - Ordinance No. 440, of 23 July 2014;  
V - SIT Ordinance No. 451, of  20 November 2014;  
VI - SIT Ordinance No. 452, of 20 November 2014;  
VII - SIT Ordinance No. 453, of  20 November 2014;  
VIII - SIT Ordinance No. 461, of  22 December 2014;  
IX - DSST/SIT Ordinanc e No. 470, of 10 February 2015;  
X - SIT Ordinance No. 535, of 11 May 2016;  G/TBT/N/BRA/1003  
 
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  XI - SIT Ordinance No. 555, of 26 July 2016;  
XII - SIT Ordinance No. 575, of  24 November 2016;  
XIII - SIT Ordinance No. 584, of 4 January 2017;  
XIV - SIT Ordinance No. 585, of 4 Jan uary 2017;  
XV - SIT Ordinance No. 752, of  29 August 2018;  
XVI - SIT Ordinance No. 758, of  5 September 2018;  
XVII - SIT Ordinance No. 759, of  5 September 2018;  
XVIII - SIT Ordinance No. 760, of  5 September 2018;  
XIX - SEPRT Ordinance No. 9,471, 7 of April 2 020. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União ) 87, of 08 May 
2020, section 1, page 125; (2) Inmetro Ordinance 102, of 20 March 2020; (3) Brazilian 
Official Gazette; (4) Not stated.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  In the date of its publication  
Proposed date of entry into force:  60 from the date of publication on the Brazilian 
Oficial Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
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://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=08/05/2020&jornal=515&
pagina=125&totalArquiv os=222  
http://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?data=11/05/2020&jornal=515&
pagina=54&totalArquivos=170