G/TBT/N/BRA/397/Rev.1  
 
3 December 2013  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 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, e-mail 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  All products 
that are subject to a conformity assessment procedure; Product and company certification; Conformity assessment including laboratory accreditation and audit programmes and 
auditing (ICS: 03.120.20). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance 
No. 544, 18 November 2013. It approves the revision of the General Requirements for 
Products Certification (RGCP) aiming at the improvement of the Programs Evaluation Requirements and the streamline to meet them, in  order to provide a level of confidence to 
customers (39 pages, in Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:  General requirements for Products Certification (RGCP), which 
use the third party certification scheme. The technical content of this document shall be 
commonly observed by every new conformity assessment programme. 
It revokes Inmetro Ordinance Nº 361, September 6, 2011, published in the Official Gazette 
on September 9, 2011, section 01, page 76 , sixty (60) days after the publication 
of Ordinance Nº 544/2013 (20 January 2014). 
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements. G/TBT/N/BRA/397/Rev.1 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 225, 20 
November 2013, section 1, page 97; (2) Brazilian Law nº 8078/1990; Brazilian Law No. 9933/1999; Inmetro Ordinance Nº. 491/2010; Conmetro Ordinance ( Resolução 
Conmetro ) Nº 04/2002; Conmetro Ordinance ( Resolução  Conmetro ) Nº. 05/2008; Inmetro 
Ordinance N°453/2013 (3) Brazilian Official Jo urnal (4) Brazilian Standard ABNT NBR ISO 
9001; Brazilian Standard ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025; Brazilian Standard ABNT NBR ISO 
14001; Brazilian Standard ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17000. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into 
force:    Upon publication in the Official Journal after 
received comments have been taken into 
account  Upon publication in the Official Journal after received comments have been taken into 
account  
10. Final date for comments:  20 December 2013 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry poin t [   ], or address, telephone or fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site address,  if available of the other body:   
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legis lacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002044.pdf