WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.414
6December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5123)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Institute ofMetrology, Standardization andIndustrial
Quality -INMETRO
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Motor vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: RTQ-42 Vehicle
Safety Inspection (23pages, available inPortuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: This Regulation establishes thenecessary requirements for
vehicle safety inspections. Itapplies totheperiodic inspection stations forvehicle
safety, which areaccredited bycompetent bodies.
Annex Acontains aManual fortheInstallation andFunctioning ofaSafety
Inspection Station, with theminimum requirements relating totheequipment and
installation ofsuchastation.
Annex Bcontains theProcedure Manual fortheInspection ofVehicle Safety
which establishes themethodology under which theinspection ofthevehicle must be
made.
7. Objective andrationale: Human safety
8. Relevant documents: Resolu ça¯oCONTRAN 809/95
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Soon afterpublic consulting period hasended.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: