WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/72
5 December 2002
(02-6728)
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, Standardisation and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542Email: 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 [ 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):   Liquid-in-glass
thermometers (HS 9025.11)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act
number 197, October 14th 2002 (Portaria  no. 197 de 14 de outubro de 2002), issued by
Inmetro, on the type approval procedures of liquid-in-glass thermometers. (16 pages, in
Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   This Draft Technical Regulation lays down the requirements for
the type approval procedure of liquid-in-glass thermometers with inner, outer and total
immersion scales types I, II, III and IV, employed in the temperature measurement of
petroleum and its liquid derivatives. It also encompasses thermometer holders used for the
temperature measurement of petroleum when stored in tanks or during transportation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Type approval procedures
8. Relevant documents:   ISO 386/1977 - Liquid-in-glass laboratory thermometers –
Principles of design, construction and use
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   16 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://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas