WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/8
11 July 2001
(01-3452)
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) 21 563.2815
Telefax: +(55) 21 502.6542
Email: pontofocal.tbt.omc@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 [ 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):   Motor vehicles
(ICS: 43.040.30)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:    MERCOSUR
Technical Regulation for the Identification of Hand Commands, Pilot-Light and Indicators
of Motor Vehicles (18 pages;  in Portuguese and Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This regulation applies to motor vehicles and concerns the
identification of hand commands, pilot-light and indicators.  The vehicles will be classified
by groups where the symbols used to identify the above mentioned devices are similar.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To adapt legislation among the MERCOSUR Party States and to ensure passengers' safety.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   17 August 2001
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:           