. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/285 
2 June 2008 
 (08-2577) 
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 
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563 2821 Telefax: +(55) 21 2502 6542 Email:   barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br Web-site:           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):   Health Products   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution 
nº 18, 15 May 2008 – Technical regulation on th e technical procedures and application form 
for the inclusion, alteration and exclusion of names from the Brazilian Common 
Denomination of Health Products (6 pages, in Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   This draft technical regulati on opens for public consultation the 
technical procedures and application form for the inclusion, alteration and exclusion of 
names from the Brazilian Common Denomination of Health Products. It also pr oposes rules 
for orthography and translation for the na mes of the Brazilian Common Denomination of 
Health Products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Official Journal (Diári o Oficial da União), 16 May 2008; 
Section 1, page 51. Draft Resolution (Consulta  Pública) number 18, 15 May 2008, issued by 
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – Anvisa;  to be published at Brazilian Official 
Journal (available in Portuguese). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    August 2008 
February 2009 G/TBT/N/BRA/285 
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  10. Final date for comments:   16 June  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 
Web-site: 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[22601-1-0].PDF