. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/407 
15 December 2010  
 (10-6741) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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, Standa rdization and Industrial Quality-INMETRO 
Telephone:  +(55) 21 2563.2821 Telefax:  +(55) 21 2502.6542 E-mail:  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):  Tobacco products 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Resolution 
No. 112, November 29th 2010 (3 pages, in Port uguese) – maximum levels of tar, nicotine and 
carbon monoxide permitted on tobacco products and prohibitio n of additives.     
6. Description of content:  This draft resolution establishes th e maximum levels of tar, nicotine 
and carbon monoxide permitted in the mainstream  of cigarette smoke and the prohibition of 
using additives in the manufacture of all toba cco products manufacture d and commercialized 
in Brazil.  
Article 3 (three) of the present resolution de fines the maximum levels of carbon monoxide, 
nicotine and tar permitte d in cigarette smoke.  
Article 4 (four) determines that it is prohibite d to use any denomination in the package or in 
any advertising material of all tobacco produc ts that may cause consumers to a misleading 
interpretation as to the content contained in thes e products, such as cla ss, ultra low content, 
low content, soft, light, mild, mode rate, high content,  and others.   
Article 5 (five) prohibits the production and co mmercialization in the country of any smoking 
tobacco product that has in its composition the addi tives listed in Annex 1 of this Resolution.   
This Resolution will enter into force on the date of adoption. However articles 8 (eight) and 9 
(nine) establish adequational periods.  
Article (8) eight establishes the maximum pe riod of 4 (four) months from the date of 
publication of this Resolution for manufactur ers and importers of tobacco smoki ng products G/TBT/N/BRA/407 
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  to put into market packages that comply with the determinations of article 4 (four) of this 
Resolution.  
Article 9 (nine) establishes  the maximum period of 12(twelve) months from the date of 
publication of this Resolution for manufactur ers and importers of tobacco smoki ng products 
to put into market products that comply with  the determinations of article (5) of this 
Resolution.  
This Resolution is based on the WHO Framew ork Convention on Tobacco Control.     
This draft Resolution revokes Reso lution RDC No. 46 March 28th 2001. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Human Health and Prevention of Deceptive Practices  
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Official Journal (Diári o Oficial da União), November 30th  
2010;  Section 1 page 129.  Draft Resolution (C onsulta Pública) number 112, November 29th 
2010, issued by Brazilian Sanita ry Surveillance Agency – Anvi sa;  When adopted, it will be 
published at the Brazilian Official Jour nal.  Available in Portuguese.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined after the end of the 
consultation period 
On the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  31 March 2011 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and website addresses, if available of the other body:  
National enquiry point 
Agency responsible Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57 
Brasília – DF / Brazil 
CEP:  71.205–050 Phone.:  55 61 3462-5402 E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br
;  gresi@anvisa.gov.br  
Website:  http://www.anvisa.gov.br  
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