WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.122
14April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1552)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Institute ofMetrology, Standardization andIndustrial
Quality -INMETRO
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Cryogenic Liquids (Fluid
With aBoiling Point ofLess than 120K (-153 C)under Atmosphere Pressure
Conditions, andthathavebeenLiquefied through Refrigeration
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Technical Regulation
onCryogenic Liquids (available inPortuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: This Regulation establishes theminimum conditions which
measurement appliances andsystems forcryogenic liquids should satisfy. Adeadline
from nowuntil31December 1997 wasestablished forrequirements tobepresented to
INMETRO asking formodel approval formeasurement appliances andsystems for
cryogenic liquids. Themeasurement appliances andsystems forcryogenic liquids inthe
characteristics within which theyarecurrently produced, willbesubmitted toinitial
verification tests, from 31October 1997. Themeasurement appliances andsystems for
cryogenic liquids which areused bysupplier companies willbeused while the
measurement errors remain within theprescribed tolerances under thepresent
Metrological Technical Regulation.
7. Objective andrationale: Metrological control
8. Relevant documents: International Recommendation OIML R81/1989
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 27February 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 27April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: