WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/333
1 August 2000
(00-3157)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
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):
Wheat flour –ICS (67.060)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Project of
Metrological Technical Regulation Establishing Criteria to Commerce, Indicate LiquidContent and Methodology for Verifying Wheat Flour Liquid Content
(4 pages, in Portuguese)
6. Description of content:   This project of metrological technical regulation aims to establish
the conditions which wheat flour packing should satisfy in order to be marketed.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer Protection
8. Relevant documents:    INMETRO Portaria N° 165, 16 June 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days after it has been published in the D.O.
(Official Journal)
10. Final date for comments:   15 August 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           