G/TBT/N/BRA/1461  
20 December 2022  
(22-9498) 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
ELECTRICAL MACHI NERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS 
AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, 
AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES (HS code(s): 85); 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS. AUDIO AND VIDEO ENGINEERING (ICS code(s): 33)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation 73, 4 October 2022.  ; (12 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Proposal for a Public Consultation to update technical 
specification to assessment conformity  and test procedures of telephone wires, currently 
approved by Acts 413/2018, 677/2018 and 678/2018.  
Comments can be made at:  
https://apps.anatel.gov.br/ParticipaAnatel/Home.aspx  
Selectin g Public consultation No 73  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Establish the minimum requirements to be demonstrated in the conformity 
assessment of telephone wires, for the purpose of homologation with the National 
Telecommunications Agency.  
The need to update existing documents in order to monitor technological developments 
and avoid obstacles to the use in the country of products encompassed by new 
technologies.  
Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/BRA/1461  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
01) Brazilian Official Gazette 237, on 19 December 2022, section 1, page 35 02) SEI 
process number 53500.066738/2021 -06 
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-73-de-4-de-outubro -de-2022-
451605291  
https://sei.anatel.gov.br/sei/modulos/ pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?exIsiWoP
bTSMJNP15y_TiUpWIfXjgqaCc -
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Tvx960BlPuoGqNwTZok3o_n1  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be d etermined  
10. Final date for comments:  16 February 2022  
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://apps.anatel.gov.br/ParticipaAnatel/VisualizarTextoConsulta.aspx?TelaDeOrigem
=2&ConsultaId=10087