G/TBT/N/BRA/845  
 
11 October 2018  
(18-6301) 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 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 2563.2918  
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): (HS 8716) 
Trailers Road vehicles - Towing vehicle coupling device to tow caravans or light trailers  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft technical 
regulation (Ordinance) 310, 05 September 2018 (18 page(s), in Portuguese)    
6. Description of content: Proposal for a Technical Regulation for Mechanical Coupling 
Devices (Engagement), establishing the improvement of mandatory safety requirements 
for the coupling supply in the domestic market, which shall be submitted to Compulsory 
Supplier's Declaration of  Conformity.  
They shall be revoked within 36 (thirty -six) months after the publication of this legal 
instrument, the ordinances: Ordinance 215, 22 June 2007, published in the Official Gazette 
26 June 2007, section 01, page 38; Ordinance 16, 19 January   2009, published in the 
Official Gazette 21 January 2009, section 01, page 53; Ordinance 154, 28 May 2009, 
published in the Official Gazette of 1 June 2009, section 01, page 85 and Ordinance 141, 
21 March 2011, published in the Official Gazette of 23 March 201 1, section 01, 
pages  109/110.  
It revokes the Ordinance 639, 27 November 2012, published in the Official Gazette 
29 November 2012, section 01, page 64.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requiremen ts; Consumer safety and protection.  G/TBT/N/BRA/845  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) Nº 173, 
6 September 2018, section 1, page 39; (2) Resolução Contran 197, 25 July 2006 (or 
substitue); Resolução Contran 290, 29 September 2008 (or substitue); Ordinance 649, 
12 December 2012 (or substitue); Ordinance 248, 25 May 2015 (or substitue); 
ABNT  NBR ISO 1176:2006; ABNT NBR ISO 3732:2006; ABNT NBR ISO 3853:1998; 
ABNT  NBR 8094:1983; ABNT NBR13776:2006; ABNT NBR 16122:2012; (3) Brazili an 
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 wil l be 
published in the Official Journal after received comments.  
10. Final date for comments: 6 November 2018  
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/RTAC002531.pdf