WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.121
6May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1770)
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: INMETRO
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [X],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Mechanical sphygmomanometer aneroid type
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Metrological
Technical Regulation Relating toMechanical Sphygmomanometer Aneroid Type
6. Description ofcontent: This Regulation establishes theconditions which
sphygmomanometers intended tomeasure thehuman arterial pressure should satisfy.
7. Objective andrationale: Human health protection inorder toassure proper measurement
8. Relevant documents: OIML R16/1970; EN-PTB 1060 -1and2
9. Proposed dateofadoption: July1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 3May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: