WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/2
12 January 2001
(01-0171)
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
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):   Napkins, towels and
paper handkerchiefs (ICS:  85.020)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Mercosul technical
regulation concerning to nominal content indication of napkins, towels and paper
handkerchiefs. (4 pages, available in Portuguese and Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This regulation specifies the nominal content indication of
napkins, towels and paper handkerchiefs which  should inform the number of units that each
package contains, as well as the individual linear dimensions (length and width), of each
napkin, towel and paper handkerchief.
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: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   15 March 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:           