G/TBT/N/BRA/683  
 
27 July 2016  
(16-3969)  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: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA  
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 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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): HS: Chapter 52 – 
Cotton  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ordinance Nº 24, 
14 July 2016 (Instrução Normativa SDA Nº 24, de 14 de Julho de 2016) (6 pages, in 
Portuguese) 
6. Description of content: Technical regulation establishing the quality requirements, 
sampling presentation, marking, labelling aspects relating to the cotton classification.  
The doubts raised by the implementation of this  Regulation will be solved by the Ministry 
Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. 
It revokes Ordinance Nº 63, 5 December 2002.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents: (1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 135, 
15 July 2016, section 1, page 3/8; (2) ABNT NBR ISO 139/2008; ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 
17025/2005; Ordinance Anvisa Nº 9/2003; Ordinance MS Nº 3523/98;Ordinance MAPA 
Nº 54/2011; Ordinance MAPA Nº 30/2015; (3) Brazilian Official Journal; (4) ASTM D1441; 
ASTM D2495; ASTM D 1909; ASTM D1684-07; ASTM D1776; ASTM D5867; ASTM D7410; BS4194; ISO 4911. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 July 20016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 March 2017   
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable G/TBT/N/BRA/683 
 
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