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21 April 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  21 April 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Brazil . 
 
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Title:  Revocation of Inmetro Ordinance No. 142, 22 March 2020.  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 20 April 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 2 May 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -n-178-de-11-de-abril-de-2022-394198176  
http://sistema -sil.inmetro.gov.br/rtac/RTAC002974.pdf  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, issued Ordinance 
178, 11 April 2022 which revokes Inmetro Ordinance 142, 22 March 2020, previously notified as 
G/TBT/N/BRA/992/Add.1, which suspends the compulsory certification of medical -hospital supplies 
due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID -19). 
Inmetro Ordinance No. 178/2022 revokes Ordinance No. 142/2020 6 months from the its effective  
date. 
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1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  