WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.133
11March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0987)
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):
Products inagelform
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Products inaGel
Form (1page, Portuguese)
6. Description ofcontent: Establishes therequirement ofindicating themass ongel
products.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Establishes criteria forthecommercialization ofgelproduct (orproducts ingelform)
8. Relevant documents: CONMETRO Resolution No.11-12 December 1988
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:13January 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 13March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: