WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/24
26 October 2001
(01-5277)
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 2563.2821
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: pontofocal.tbt.omc@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, 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 [ 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):  Vehicles of the M3
category for passengers transportation (buses for medium and long distances)
(ICS 43.080.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Mercosur Technical
Regulation for vehicles of the M3 category for passengers transportation (buses for medium
and long distances).(26 pages in Portuguese and Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The present Mercosur Technical Regulation determines that
vehicles must execute a series of technical requirements regarding the national legislation,including the corresponding ones referred to the MERCOSUR Technical Regulations of
Road Vehicles of the M3 Category of Passengers Transportation - (buses for medium and
long distances).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Facilitate the exchange of vehicles, its parts and its pieces.
8. Relevant documents:   -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not Stated.
10. Final date for comments:  05 November 2001.
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:           