. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/265 
20 December 2007 
 (07-5687) 
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):   Formaldehyde solutions 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution 
nº 110, 22 November 2007 – Technical regulation on the prohibition of direct sale of formaldehyde to consumers (2 pages, Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   This draft technical regulation forbids the direct sale to consumers 
of the substance formaldehyde at retail level.  The use of the substance formaldehyde as preservative or nail enhancer in products of  personal hygiene, co smetics and perfumes 
continues to be allowed according to the regulations RDC 162 da ted 11 September 2001 
and RDC 215 dated 25 July 2005 or by any regul ations that may alter or substitute those 
ones. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of consumer health. 
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 
23 November 2007; Section 1, page 219. Draf t Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 110, 
22 November 2007, issued by Brazilian Sanita ry Surveillance Agency – Anvisa; to be 
published at Brazilian Official Journal (available in Portuguese). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    February 2008 
180 days after adoption 2008   G/TBT/N/BRA/265 
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  10. Final date for comments:   23 January 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 
 
Tel: (+55) 21 2563 2821 
Fax: (+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 Tel: (+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[20568-1-0].PDF