G/TBT/N/BRA/461/Rev.1
14 November 2014 
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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, 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Systems 
and equipment for water heating using solar energy (HS 8419). Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and 
other equipment of heading 85.14), for the trea tment of materials by a process involving a 
change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, va porising, condensing or cooling, other than 
machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water 
heaters, non-electric. (HS 8419), Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory 
equipment for the heat treatment of material s by induction or dielectric loss. (HS 8514). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ordinance 
Nº 487, 04 November 2014. The text proposes to rewrite and, include some items of the 
document previously notified as G/TBT/ N/BRA/461/Add.1 in order to upgrade and 
establishes more appropriate criteria to assess  conformity by micro and small enterprises’ 
products, covered by the Compliance Assessment Program for Water Heating Solar 
Equipment (5 pages, in Portuguese) 
6. Description of content: The revised text proposes to include three (3) different 
certification models (items 6.1); to include item 6.4 as certification model 3; and to rewrite 
clauses 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, to provide terms and conditions to assess and maintain conformity. Other provisions contained in the Inmetro Ordinance Nº 352/2012 notified as 
document G/TBT/N/BRA/461/ Add.1, remain unchanged. 
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; protection of the 
environment . G/TBT/N/BRA/461/Rev.1 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 215, 6 November 2014, 
section 1, page 71; 
2. Inmetro's ordinance 352, 6 July 2012, published in the Official Journal, 
10 July 2012, section 1, page162/163 (G/TBT/N/BRA/461/Add.1); 
3. Brazilian Official Journal; 
4. Not stated. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined after the end of the consultation period 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined after the end of the consultation 
period 
10. Final date for comments: 8 December 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry po int [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legis lacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002185.pdf