G/TBT/N/BRA/658  
 
5 January 2016  
(16-0052)  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 [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): Portable tanks bulk 
containers (IBC) used in land transport of certain dangerous goods 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ordinance Nº 601, 
17 December 2015 (39 pages, in Portuguese) 
6. Description of content: Draft technical regulation approving the Quality Technical 
requirements for portable tanks, bulk containers (IBC), used in land transport of certain 
dangerous goods in order to improve the mandatory requirements compliance related to 
product safety.  
It revokes, in thirty (30) months after the publication of this legal instrument, the Inmetro 
Ordinances: 
 Ordinance Nº 250, 16 October, 2006, published in the Official Gazette 18 October 
2006, section 01, pages 56 and 57 
 Ordinance Nº 326, 11 December 2006, published in the Official Gazette of the Union 
13 December 2006, section 01, pages 152 and 153 
 Ordinance Nº 460, 20 December 2007, published in the Official Gazette of the Union 
24 December 2007, section 01, page 101 
 Ordinance Nº 71, 29 February 2008, published in the Official Gazette of the Union, 
4 March 2008, section 01, page 63 
 Ordinance Nº 451, 19 December 2008, published in the Official Gazette 
23 December 2008, section 01, pages 150 and 15 
 Ordinance Nº 452 19 December 2008, published in the Official Gazette of the Union, 
23 December 2008, section 01, page 151 
 Ordinance Nº 453, 19 December 2008, published in the Official Gazette of 
23 December 2008, section 01, page 151 
 Ordinance Nº 135, 21 March 2013, published in the Official Gazette of the Union on 
25 March 2013, section 01, pages 92 and 93 G/TBT/N/BRA/658 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer 
protection  
8. Relevant documents: (1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 242, 
18 December 2015, section 1, page 115; (2) ANTT Ordinance Nº 420, 12 February 2004 
(Resolução ANTT Nº 420/2004); ANTT Ordinance Nº 3665, 4 May 2011(Resolução ANTT 
Nº 3665/2011) (3) Brazilian Official Journal; (4) Not Stated. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined in the final text, that will be published in 
the Official Journal after received comments 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined in the final text, that will be 
published in the Official Journal after received comments 
10. Final date for comments: 16 February 2016 
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/legis lacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002347.pdf