WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/31
11 April 2002
(02-1950)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br
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:           
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):   Disposable gas lighter
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Regulation for
conformity assessment for disposable lighters (gas).
6. Description of content:   The present regulation establishes the minimum safety
requirements for disposable lighters (gas).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer's protection.
8. Relevant documents:   CONMETRO Resolution n.º 04/1998, Portaria Inmetro n.º
145/2001, ABNT ISO/IEC Guia  2: 1998, ABNT ISO/IEC Guia 22: 1998, NBR ISO 9994:
1999.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 March 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   26 March 2002
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:           