./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/37
13 August 2002
(02-4417)
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 2563.2821
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: pontofocal.tbt.omc@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br
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, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable:   Reactors for tubular
fluorescent lamps (HS:8504.10)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial Act
number 20, January 20th, 2002  (Portaria  no. 20 de 29 de janeiro de 2002), issued by Inmetro,
on conformity assessment procedures for reactors employed in tubular fluorescent lamps.(9 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content: Technical Regulation which lays down the conformity assessment
procedures for reactors employed in tubular fluorescent lamps imported, produced and
marketed in Brazil. It also determines that:
(a) The above mentioned reactors must clearly show compliance with the present
technical regulation and with the Brazilian Standards NBR/ABNT 5114/1998 -Reactors employed in tubular fluorescent lamps – Requirements (Reatores para
lâmpadas fluorescentes tubulares – Especificação).
(b) The marketing by producers and importers of those products in disagreement with
the present technical regulation will be allowed until no later than July, 31
st 2002,
while their retail and wholesale marketing will be allowed until no later than July,
31st 2003.
It revokes Ministerial Act number 41, March 30th, 2001 (Portaria no. 41 de 30 de março de
2001), which laid down the conformity assessment procedures for reactors employed in
tubular fluorescent lamps imported, produced and marketed in Brazil.G/TBT/N/BRA/37
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Conformity assessment procedures and consumer’s safety.
8. Relevant documents:  Ministerial Act number 20, January 20th, 2002 (Portaria  no. 20 de 29
de janeiro de 2002); Ministerial Act number 41, March 30th, 2001 (Portaria no. 41 de 30 de
março de 2001); NBR/ABNT 5114/1998.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:1 March 2002
10. Final date for comments:   Not stated.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/articulacoes/pontofocal/buscaNotificacao.asp