. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/156 
28 June 2004 
 (04-2779) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Metrolog y, Standardization and Industrial 
Quality-INMETRO  Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2821 Telefax: +(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 [    ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Tubes, pipes and hollow 
profiles, seamless of iron (not cast iron) or steel (HS 7304);  Other tubes & pipes, having 
circular cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406.4 of iron or steel  
(HS 7305);  Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel (not 7305) (HS 7306) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act 
number 94, dated May 06th, 2004 (Portaria  no. 94, de 06 de maio de 2004), issued by 
Inmetro, for carbon steel or microalloyed steel t ubes, used in the assembly of electric power 
transmission towers (12 pages, in Portuguese) 
6. Description of content:   Draft Technical Regulation laying down mandatory conformity 
assessment procedures for carbon-steel or microa lloyed tubes, welded or seamless, used in 
the assembly of electric power transmission tower, either, national produced and imported, 
which are marketed in Brazil. The conformity  assessment mechanism used in this procedure 
refers to the Supplier’s Declaration. The doc ument provides the option of three different 
processes for issuing the Conformity Declarati on and for the obtainance of the license for 
using the mark of register. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety requirements. G/TBT/N/BRA/156 
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8. Relevant documents:   Ministerial Act number 33, dated 22
nd January 2004 (Portaria 
Inmetro Nº 33, de 22 de janeiro de 2004) , Ministerial Act number 145, dated 23rd October  
2001 (Portaria Inmetro Nº 145, de 23 de outubro de 2001), Conmetro Resolution number 04/1998 (Resolução Conmetro Nº 04/1998). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   10 July 2004 
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:        
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/rtac/pdf/RTAC000896.pdf 
 