WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/240
11 May 2000
(00-1932)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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
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):   Steel transportable
receptacles for liquefied petroleum gas
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Project of
Metrological Technical Regulation Establishing Metrological Conditions which SteelTransportable Receptacles for Liquefied Petroleum Gas should satisfy (full text available in
Portuguese, 4 pages)
6. Description of content:   This regulation establishes criteria for commerce, quantitative
indication and verifying methodology of steel transportable receptacles for liquefied
petroleum gas.  This regulation applies to manufacturing and trade of steel transportable
receptacles for liquefied petroleum gas, up to 250 litres of capacity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety consumer
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 March 2000
10. Final date for comments:  28 July 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           