G/TBT/N/BRA/1153  
24 March 2021  
(21-2424) 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 Telecommunications Agency - ANATEL  
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):  
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS 
AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, 
AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES (HS 85); TELECOMMUNICATIONS. 
AUDIO AND VIDE O ENGINEERING (ICS 33)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation 11, 10 March 2021 (15 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Public Consultation for approval of the Operational Procedure 
for Decl aration of Conformity with Test Report to Assessment of Telecommunications 
Products by Certification, aiming to comply with the provisions of the Regulations for 
Conformity Assessment and Homologation of Telecommunications Products, approved by 
Resolution No. 715, 23 October 2019, in articles 28 - § 3º, 29 - II, 33 to 35.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The Operational Procedures cover the conduct of the conformity assessment 
process, addressing, among others, the performance of agents in the process, and the 
procedures related to each model of conformity assessment, as well as rules, conditions, 
procedural requirements to be followed in the Conformity Assessment process, in 
compliance, in compliance reg ulations established in the Regulation of Conformity 
Assessment and Homologation of Products for Telecommunications. The conformity 
assessment of telecommunications products may be made by declaration of conformity 
pursuant to Article 29, I and II of the B razilian Regulation for conformity assessment and 
homologation of telecommunications products. The need to establish the form of the 
proposition of declarations of conformity for the type -approval of telecommunication 
products. The rapid development and se ctor transformation made the system of 
absorption of new technologies time consuming, since the approval process of the G/TBT/N/BRA/1153  
 
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  conformity assessment resolutions was too long to meet the demand of an industry in 
constant evolution.; Not specified  
8. Relevant documents:   
01) Brazilian Official Gazette 55, on 23 March 2021, section 1, page 29 02) SEI process 
number 53500.010325/2020 -880  
https://www .in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-11-de-10-de-marco -de-2021-
309987950  
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?exIsiWoP
bTSMJNP15y_TiUpWIfXjgqaCc -
xbh3o0V5ttS0uQqIkRDNDdsrlbDPN0z9DjOh_HT6NYS_BYkN5mlLS5_XCCx2PIcQEcTJa75
gIy13Y3rckiXdBys_Aa3m2I  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be defined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be defined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 May 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 Telecommunications Agency – ANATEL  
Telephone: +(55) 61 2312.2318  
Telefax: +(55) 61 2312.2949  
Email: certificacao@anatel.gov.br  
 
Comments should be sent to the Brazilian TBT Enquiry  Point 
(barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br ) and copied to certificacao@anatel.gov.br  
https://sistemas.anatel.gov.br/SACP/Contribuicoes/TextoConsulta.asp?CodProcesso=C2
451&Tipo=1&Opcao=andamento