WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/63
7 October 2002
(02-5397)
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
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-siteaddresses, 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):   High pressure cylinders
for methane gas storage (HS Chapter 87)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   M i n i s t e r i a l
Act number 171, August 28th, 2002 (Portaria  no. 171 de 28 de agosto de 2002), issued by
Inmetro, on mandatory conformity assessment procedures for high pressure methane gas
storage cylinders.(18 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Mandatory conformity assessment procedures for high pressure
methane gas storage cylinders, applied as fuel containers for automotive applications.
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 171, August 28th, 2002 (Portaria  no. 171 de
28 de agosto de 2002).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  2 September 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:
10. Final date for comments:   Not stated
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