WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/515
26 October 2000
(00-4469)
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):   Densimeters
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Project of
Metrological Technical Regulation, which Densimeters intended to be used for determining
Ethanol Specific Mass and their Water Mixtures should satisfy (12 pages, full text availablein Portuguese)
6. Description of content:   This metrological technical regulation aims to establish the
conditions which glass densimeters, of constant mass, used in the determination of ethylic
alcohol (ethanol) and their water mixtures, calibrated on 20°C temperature should satisfy.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }8 May 2000
10. Final date for comments:   7 July 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           