G/TBT/N/BRA/1157  
30 March 2021  
(21-2609) 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:   
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnica s 
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):  Public 
Consultation for Inmetro's Regulatory Model  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Public 
Consultation N° 08, 25 March 2021 (14 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Public Consultation for Inmetro's Regu latory Model. The Annex 
of the Ordinance establishes the principles and guidelines to be observed for the 
improvement of regulatory action.  
Criticisms and suggestions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model available 
at: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/  preferably in electronic form to the following 
addresses:  
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro  
Presidency Advisory  
Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, nº 50, Building 6/Xerém  
ZIP Code 25.250 -020 – Rio de Janeiro/RJ  
E-mail: gtmriconsultapublica@inmetro.gov.br  G/TBT/N/BRA/1157  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
Among In metro's competencies and attributions, the following stand out:  
Coordinate, within the scope of the National System of Metrology, Standardization and 
Industrial Quality (Sinmetro), the activity of Conformity Assessment, voluntary and 
compulsory products, services, processes and people;  
And considering the following issues:  
• Decree No. 10.229 of 5 February 2020 regulating the right to develop, execute, 
operate  or market product or service in disagreement with the outdated technical 
standard of which the Economic Freedom Act deals  
• Decree No. 10.411, of 30 June 2020, which regulates the Regulatory Impact 
Analysis, which deals with Article 5 of Law No. 13.874, of  20 September 2019, 
and Article 6 of Law No. 13.848, of 25 June 25 2019.  
• Inmetro's regulation, as part of quality infrastructure, is an activity that 
contributes to the economic prosperity and well -being of society;  
• The importance of monitoring and incor porating innovations and technologies 
arising from digital transformation in society (in particular in the so -called 
Industry 4.0) in Inmetro's regulatory activities;  
• The need to develop and implement regulatory actions that are sufficiently 
adaptable and  flexible, in order to promote more dynamic regulation that 
accompanies market advances;  
• Regulatory activity is an instrument of great importance to the protection of 
society, innovation and the competitiveness of national industry, contributing to 
the economic and isonomic growth of the country;  
• Society's demand for the implementation of imp rovements in the regulatory 
process of Inmetro, which was proven through demonstrations and participation 
in meetings, consultations with stakeholders and other means of communication 
and interaction carried out in recent years by Inmetro.  
The current reg ulatory model needs to be improved as the characteristics that compose 
it, the result of its evolution in the last 30 years, have increased the complexity and 
decreased the performance of the regulatory process;  
Protection of human health or safety; Quali ty requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  1) Brazilian Official Gazette 59 on 29 March 2021, section 1, 
page 75  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/consulta -publica -n-8-de-25-de-marco -de-2021-
310910534  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  In the date of its publication  
Proposed date of entry into force:  In the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  27 May 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
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