G/TBT/N/BRA/1126  
21 January 2021  
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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)  
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):  Tableware, 
kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. baths, shower -
baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar 
sanitary ware) (HS 3924); Plastics in general (ICS 83.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance 
No. 394, 23 December 2020 (11 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This ordinance approves the Consolidated Regulation for 
Disposable Plastic Cups, in the form of the Conformity Assessment Requirements and the 
Specifications for the Conformity Identification Seal, established, respectively, in Annexes 
I and II.  
Revokes on the effective date of this Ordinance:  
I - Inmetro Ordinance No. 453, 1 December 2010, published in the Official Gazette on 
03 December 2010, section 01, page 135;  
II - Inmetro Ordinance No. 125, 15 March 2011, published in the Federal Official Gazette 
on 17 March 2011, section 01, pages 82 and 83;  
III - Inmetro Ordinance No. 386, 3 October 2011, published in the Official Gazette on 
05 October 2011, section 01, page 84; and  
IV - item XIII of art. 18 and item IX of art. 19 of Inmetro Ordinance No. 258, 06 August 
2020, published in the Federal Officia l Gazette on 7 August 2020, section 01, page 25.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1126  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Establish the criteria and procedures for assessing the conformity of 
disposable plastic cups, focusing on safety, throu gh the certification mechanism, aiming 
at the prevention of accidents in their use.; Other  
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-394-de-23-de-dezembro -de-2020-
297218727  
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/RTAC002687.pdf