. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/281 
2 June 2008 
 (08-2571) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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, Standa rdization and Industrial Quality-Inmetro 
Tel: +(55) 21 2563 2821 Fax: +(55) 21 2502 6542 Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br Website: 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):   Cleaning products and 
non-agricultural pesticides. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution 
nº 17, 24 April 2008 – Technical regulation on the Requirements for packing and declaring 
volumes of cleaning products in metallic aerosol packaging (1 page, in Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   This draft technical regulati on opens for public consultation the 
requirements for packing and declaring the volumes of products  in aerosol metallic packaging, 
using liquefied and non-liquified gases. It esta blishes as requirements those of the norm NBR 
14721, of July 2001 from ABNT – Associação Bras ileira de Normas Té cnicas (Brazilian 
Association of Technical Standards) – and their amendments. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of consumer health and prevention of deceptive practices . 
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 25 April 2008; 
Section 1, page 52. Draft Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 17, 24 April 2008, issued by Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – A nvisa; to be published at Brazilian Official 
Journal (available in Portuguese). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }June 2008 G/TBT/N/BRA/281 
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  10. Final date for comments:   25 May 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
National enquiry point  
National Institute of Metrology, Standa rdization and Industrial Quality-INMETRO 
 
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563 2821 
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502 6542 Email:  barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br 
Website: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas 
 
Agency responsible  
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA 
SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega 
CEP 70770-502 
Brasilia – DF/Brasil Phone.:  +(55) 61 3448 1078 E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br  Website:            www.anvisa.gov.br
 
 
The full text of the pr oposed technical regulation can be directly accessed th rough the link: 
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[22383-1-0].PDF