WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/89
30 January 2003
(03-0619)
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, Standardisation and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
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 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   Electrical cables and
flexible cords (HS 85.44)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation
number 139, October 17th 2001 (Portaria  no. 139 de 17 de junho de 2001), issued by
Inmetro, on the conformity assessment procedures for electrical cables and flexible cords
(11 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation lays down the conformity assessment
procedures for electrical cables and flexible cords for voltages up to 750V.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s safety.
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Standard NBR 13249:2000 - Electrical cables and flexible
cords for voltages up to 750V (Cabos e Cordões Flexíveis para Tensões até 750V)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   Not stated
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:
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas