WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1
28 October 2002
(02-5928)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Communication from Brazil
Revision
The following communication from Brazil is being circulated in accordance with Article 15.2.
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The Brazilian Enquiry Point, to which requests for consultation under the Agreement should
be addressed, is a department of the National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial
Quality (INMETRO). It is the central point for all notifications under the Agreement and the initial
point of contact for enquiries from other Members.
As the Brazilian Enquiry Point, Inmetro has been active in developing new support
information tools for the Brazilian exporters, helping them overcome possible restrictions to trade.
Among these tools we would like to highlight “Alerta Exportador”, that can be assessed through
Inmetro’s web-site ( http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas ).
“Alerta Exportador” enables the exporters to receive, daily, by e-mail and without any
associated costs, information on the issuing of new WTO notifications on technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures according to a pre-defined profile.
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