WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.132
11March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0986)
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 shallbe
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):
Velocity Meters forMotor Vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Metrological
Technical Regulation Relating toVelocity Meters (8pages, Portuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: This regulation establishes theminimum conditions which
velocity meters formotor vehicles should satisfy. Itapplies forDoppler radar, velocity
meters thatusesurface sensors andoptical velocity meters, theirsupplementary devices
andfittings.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Traffic safety
8. Relevant documents: Resolution CONMETRO No.11/1988
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:17February 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 18April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: