G/TBT/N/BRA/549  
 
16 August 2013  
(13-4410)  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 [   ], 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):  Other 
breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither 
mechanical parts nor replaceable filters (HS 9020). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Ordinance 
No. 394, 6 August 2013 (34 pages, in Portuguese).     
6. Description of content:  Draft conformity assessment procedures for Personal 
Protective Equipment (PPE), improving requirements for respiratory protective devices 
by a compulsory third party certification, carried out by an accredited body to determine if relevant requirements within the  Brazilian Conformity Assessment Program are fulfilled. 
It revokes INMETRO ordinance number 230, 17 August, 2009, published in the Official 
Gazette, 19 August 2009, section 01, pa ge 149 and INMETRO ordinance number 11, 
11 January 2012, published in the Official Gazette, 13  January, 2012, section 01, page 54-55, within thirty (30) months after the publication of this Ordinance number 394, 
06 August 2013. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of Human health or Safety 
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Of icial da União) Nº 152, 08 August 2013, 
section 1, page 70;  
2. Not Applicable  3. Brazilian Official Journal;  
4. ABNT NBR 13698:2011; ABNT NBR 13697:2010; Norma ABNT NBR 5426:1985; 
NR 6/SIT/MTE 25/2001 (NR 6, aprovada pela Portaria SIT/MTE no. 25, de 15 de outubro de 2001).   G/TBT/N/BRA/549 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined in the final text, that will 
be published in the Official Journal after received comments have been taken into 
account 
To be determined in the final text, that will be published in the Official Journal after 
received comments have been taken into 
account.  
10. Final date for comments:  7 October 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legis lacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002007.pdf