WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/98/Add.1
23 May 2003
(03-2792)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication from Brazil is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
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This addendum proposes amendments to  document G/TBT/N/BRA/98, relative to
Ministerial Act number 262, December 30 th, 2002, which laid down the type approval procedures for
non-automatic weighing instruments.
It changes the deadline for the initial technical verification of those instruments which have
already undergone the necessary type-approval pr ocedures, from 31 April 2003 to 31 October  2003.
The above-mentioned amendments were issued by Inmetro under Ministerial Act number 70,
28 April 2003.
The complete texts concerning the above can be viewed at the Internet link given below:www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
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