. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/74
11 December 2002
(02-6854)
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 2563.2821Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br /barreirastecnicas
Agency responsible: Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Telephone: +(55) 61 226 9799Fax: +(55)61 224 3995
E-mail: domc-sda@agricultura.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):   Isothermal tanks
(HS: 8609.00 )
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act
number 49, September 19th, 2002 and annex draft technical regulation (Portaria no. 49 de
19 de setembro de 2002) issued by the Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária on the technical
requirements for isothermal fluid transportation tanks.  (10 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Ministerial act and annex draft technical regulation which lays
down the technical requirements for 2,000 to 50,000 litre isothermal tanks employed in milk
and fluid milk derivatives collection and transportation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s health and safety.G/TBT/N/BRA/74
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8. Relevant documents:   Decree number 30,691, March 29th, 1952 (Decreto número  30.691
de 29 de março de 1952); Law number 8,078, September, 11th, 1990 (Lei número 8.078 de
11 de setembro de 1990); Resolution issued by the Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency
number 123, May 19th, 2001 (Resolução Anvisa número 123 de 19 de maio de 2001);
Resolution issued by the Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency number 91, May 11th,
2001 (Resolução Anvisa RDC número 91 de 11 de maio de 2001); Ministerial Act number
28, March 18th, 1996 (Portaria número 28 de 18 de março de 1996); Ministerial Act number
27, March 13th, 1996 (Portaria número 27 de 13 de março de 1996); AOAC “Official
Methods of Analysis ”: Association of Official Analytical Chemists; Brazilian Sanitary
Standards 3-A for Rubbers and Similar Materials for Multiple Uses (Normas Sanitárias 3-A
para Borrachas e Materiais Similares de Múltiplos Usos); Brazilian Sanitary Standards 3-A
for Polished Metallic Pipes, number 33 (Normas Sanitárias 3-A para Tubulações de MetaisPolidos, número 33); Brazilian Sanitary Standards 3-A for connections, number 08-17 rev
(Normas Sanitárias 3-A para Conexões, número 08-17 rev); Brazilian Sanitary Standards 3-
A for Plastic Materials with Multiple Uses, number 20 (Normas Sanitárias 3-A para
Múltiplos Usos – Materiais Metálicos); Brazilian Sanitary Standards 3-A for positive-
displacement self priming pumps, number 2 (Normas Sanitárias 3-A para Bombas Auto-Escorvantes Positivas, número 2).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   20 December 2002
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://inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas