G/TBT/N/BRA/631  
 
27 March 2015  
(15-1726)  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 telephon e 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 2563.2840 
Telefax: +(55) 21 2563.5637 Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Website: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas   
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Car body shell for road 
vehicles. Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05. 
(HS: 8707) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Ordinance Nº. 169, 
23 March 2015. The text proposes improvements  on the requirements to assess conformity 
by the road vehicles and equipment manu facturers/bodybuilders and/or vehicles 
transformers (20 pages, in Portuguese) 
6. Description of content: Conformity assessment procedures that must be met by 
manufacturers, bodybuilders and/or transformers  of road vehicles, and vehicles equipment 
manufacturers, through the inspection mechanism to highlight the conformity of the 
vehicle or equipment established by the RT requirements in order to promote the vehicles 
and equipment safety, as well as user's safety. This text applies to manufacturers of car body shell, bodybuilders and/or vehicl es transformers and vehicle equipment 
manufacturers, with total yearly production of less than one thousand (1,000) units.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Quality requirements; Consumer safety and protection  
8. Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 57, 
25 March 2015, section 1, Pages 61; (2) Law Nº 9.503/1997 (Lei N.º 9.503, de 
23 de Setembro de 1997); Contran Ordinance N.º 232/2007 (Resolução Contran N.º 232, 
de 30 de Março de 2007), Contran Ordinance N.º 416/2012 (Resolução Contran N.º 416/2012), Contran Ordinance N.° 445/2013 (Resolução Contran N.° 445/2013), 
ABNT NBR NM-ISO/IEC 17000:2005; Inmetro Ordinance 30/2004; Inmetro Ordinance 
32/2004; (3) Brazilian Official Journal; (4) Not Stated. G/TBT/N/BRA/631 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined after the comments period 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined after the comments period   
10. Final date for comments: 25 May 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://www.inmetro.gov. br/legislacao/ rtac/pdf/RTAC002246.pdf