WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/104
13 March 2003
(03-1465)
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/barreirastecnicas
Agency responsible:   Brazilian National Petroleum Agency
Telephone: +(55) 21 3804 0000
Telefax: +(55) 21 3804 0102/03/04
Web-site: www.anp.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):   Aviation kerosene
(HS: 2710)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Despatch number
178/2003 (Despacho do Diretor-Geral número 178/2003, de 4 de fevereiro de 2003), issued
by the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency with annex Draft  Ministerial Act on marketing
requirements for aviation kerosene.  (11 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:  Despatch and Annex Draft Technical Regulation which lay down
the marketing requirements for national and imported aviation kerosene. The determination
of the product characteristics will be carried out based on the following ASTM, BrazilianStandards (ABNT NBR) and In stitute of Petroleum (IP):
• ASTM D 4176 - Free Water and Particulate Contamination in Distillate Fuels (Visual
Inspect Procedures)
• ABNT NBR 6298 (based on ASTM D 3227) – Mercaptan Sulphur in Gasoline,
Kerosene, Aviation Turbine and Distillate Fuels (Potenciometric Method) - (Gasolina,
Querosene de Aviação e combustíveis destilados – Determinação de enxofremercaptídico - método potenciométrico)
• ABNT NBR 6563 (based on ASTM D 1266) – Sulphur in Petroleum Products (LampG/TBT/N/BRA/104
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Method) (Produtos de petróleo – Determinação do teor de enxofre - Método da
Lâmpada)
• ABNT NBR 14533 (based on ASTM D 4294) - Su lfur in Petroleum Products by Energy
Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Produtos de Petróleo – Determinação do
enxofre por espectrometria de fluorescência de Raios X – energia dispersiva)
• ABNT NBR 14642 (based on ASTM D 4952) – Qualitative Analysis for Active Sulfur
Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test) - (Combustíveis e solventes - Determinaçãoqualitativa de enxofre ativo pelo ensaio Doctor)
• ABNT NBR 14875 (based on ASTM D 1552) – Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-
temperature Method) - (Produtos de Petróleo – Determinação de enxofre pelo método
de alta temperatura – Parte 1: Detecção com iodato e Parte 2: Detecção por
infravermelho)
• ASTM D 1319 – Hydrocarbon Types in Liqu id Petroleum Product by Fluorescent
Indicator Adsorption
• ASTM D 2622 - Sulfur in Petroleu m Products by X-Ray Spectrometry
• ASTM D 3242 - Acidity in Aviation Turbine Fuel
• ASTM D 5453 - Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels and
Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
• ASTM D  6379 - Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Aviation Fuels and Petroleum
Distillates-High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index
Detection
• ABNT NBR 7148 (based on ASTM D 1298) – Density, Relative Density (Specific
Gravity) or API Gravity of Crude Petr oleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by
Hydrometer Method (Petróleo e produtos de petróleo – Determinação da massaespecífica, densidade relativa e API - Método do densímetro)
• ABNT NBR 7974 (based on ASTM D 56) - Flash Point by Tag Closed Tester (Produtos
de petróleo – Determinação do ponto de fulgor pelo vaso fechado Tag)
• ABNT NBR  9619 (based on ASTM D 86) - Distillation of Petroleum Products
(Produtos de petróleo – Determinação das propriedades de destilação)
• ABNT NBR 14065 (based on ASTM D 4052) - Density and Relative Density of
Liquids by Digital Density Meter (Destilados de Petróleo e Óleos Viscosos –
Determinação da massa específica e da densidade relativa por densimetro digital)
• ASTM D 3828 - Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Tester
• ABNT NBR 7975 (based on ASTM D 2386) – Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels
(Determinação do ponto de congelamento)
• ABNT NBR 10441  (based on ASTM D 445) - Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and
Opaque Liquids (and the Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity) – (Produtos de petróleo -
Líquidos transparentes e opacos - Determinação da viscosidade cinemática e cálculo da
viscosidade dinâmica)
• ASTM D 5972 - Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Phase Transition Method)
• ABNT NBR 11909 (based on ASTM D 1322) - Smoke Point of Aviation Turbine Fuels
(Combustíveis para turbina de aviação - Determinação do ponto de fuligem)
• ASTM D 1840 - Naphthalene Hydrocarbons in Aviation Turbine Fuels by Ultraviolet-
Spectrophotometry
• ASTM D 3338 - Estimation of Net Heat  of Combustion of Aviation Fuels
• ASTM D 4809 - Heat of Combustion of  Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb
Calorimeter (Intermediate Precision Method)
• ASTM D 4529 - Estimation of Net Heat  of Combustion of Aviation Fuels
• ABNT NBR  14359 (based on ASTM D 130) - Detection of Copper Corrosion from
Petroleum Products by the Copper Strip Tarnish Test (Produtos de petróleo -
Determinação da corrosividade – Método da lâmina de cobre)
• IP 227 - Corrosiveness of Silver of Aviation Turbine Fuels - Silver Strip MethodG/TBT/N/BRA/104
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• ASTM D 3241 - Thermal Oxidation Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels (JFTOT
Procedure)
• ABNT NBR 14525 (based on ASTM D 381) - Existent Gum in Fuels by Jet
Evaporation (Combustíveis – Determinação de goma por evaporação)
• ABNT NBR 6577 (based on ASTM D 1094) – Water Reaction of Aviation Fuels
(Combustíveis para aviação – Determinação da tolerância à água)
• ASTM D 3948 - Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Aviation Turbine
Fuels by Portable Separometer
• ASTM D 2624 - (Electrical Conductivity of Aviation and Distillate Fuels)
• ASTM D 5001 - Measurement of Lubricity of Aviation Turbine Fuels by the Ball-on-
Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE)
This document also revokes Ministerial Act number 137, August 1st 2000 (Portaria
Ministerial no. 137 de 1o de agosto de 2000)
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer's safety
8. Relevant documents:  All the above cited standards and Ministerial Act number 137,
August 1st 2000 (Portaria Ministerial no. 137 de 1o de agosto de 2000).          
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Does not apply
10. Final date for comments:   7 March 2003
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:
www.immetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas