. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/128
21 August 2003
(03-4377)
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 2563.2824Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
E-mail: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
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):   Underground storage
tanks (HS 7309.00)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act
number 130, 31 July 2003 (Portaria no. 130 de 31 de julho de 2003), issued by Inmetro on
the conformity assessment procedures for underground storage tanks used in fuel stations
(10 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Ministerial Act and Annex Draft Technical Regulation which lay
down mandatory conformity assessment procedures for national and imported underground
storage tanks. It also lay down requirements for marking.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s safety
8. Relevant documents:   National Environment Council Resolution number 273,
29 November 2000 (Resolução CONAMA no. 273 de 29 de novembro de 2000);  Brazilian
Standard NBR 13312 – Building of atmospheric underground stainless steel storage tanks
(Posto de Serviço – Construção de tanque atmosférico subterrâneo em aço carbono);
Brazilian Standard NBR 13782 – External protection systems for atmospheric underground
stainless steel storage tanks (Posto de Serviço - Sistemas de proteção externa para tanque
atmosférico subterrâneo em aço carbono);  Brazilian Standard NBR 13785 – Building of
atmospheric underground stainless steel storage tanks with metallic and non-metallic doublewall (Construção de tanque atmosférico subterrâneo em aço-carbono com parede dupla
metálica ou não metálica);  Brazilian Standard NBR 13212 – Atmospheric undergroundG/TBT/N/BRA/128
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storage tanks made of glass fiber reinforced thermosetting resin with single or double wall
(Posto de Serviço - Tanque atmosférico subterrâneo em resina termofixa, reforçada com
fibra de vidro de parede simples ou dupla).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:  6 October 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
www.inmetro.gov.br/regs_ext/docs/documentos/CD000557.pdf