G/TBT/N/BRA/1142  
26 February 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):  
Hydrometers, areometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, 
barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of 
these instruments (HS 9025)  
5. Title, numbe r of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance Nº 89, 19 February 2021. (16 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Approves the Metrological Technical Regulation that establishes 
the criteria to be observed in the manuf acture and use of glass densimeters, of constant 
mass, used in the determination of the specific mass of petroleum, liquid derivates, ethyl 
alcohol (ethanol) mixtures with water, the temperature of 20° - Consolidated.  
The following are revoked, on the eff ective date of this Ordinance:  
- Inmetro Ordinance 201, 21 August 2000, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 
6 September 2018, section 01, pages 39 to 40;  
- Inmetro Ordinance 288, 12 June 2012, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 
15 June 2012, section 01, pages 114 to 116;  
- Inmetro Ordinance 394, 26 July 2012, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 
30 July 2012, section 01, page 140; and  
- Inmetro Ordinance 408, 26 August 2014, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 
28 August 2014, section 01, pages 94 to 95.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1142  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Metrological requirements. Need to establish the criteria to be observed in 
the manufacture and use of glass densimeters, of const ant mass. Compliance with Decree 
No. 10139 of 28 November 2019, which provides for the need for revision and 
consolidation of normative acts, in order to reduce Brazilian regulatory stock; Other  
8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 34 on 22 February 2021, section 1, 
page 47; 2) Inmetro Ordinance 89, 19 February 2021; 3) Decree No. 10.139 of 
28 November 2019  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou /-/portaria -n-89-de-19-de-fevereiro -de-2021-
304492261  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002703.pdf  
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2019 -2022/2019/decreto/D10139.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002703.pdf