. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/76
13 January 2003
(03-0158)
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 2502.6542Email: 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 [  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):   New rubber tyres
(HS 40.11)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation
number 5, 14 January 2000 (Portaria  no. 5 de 14 de janeiro de 2000), issued by Inmetro, on
quality and testing requirements for new rubber tyres. (17 pages, in Portuguese)
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation lays down the quality and testing
requirements for new rubber tyres employed in automotive vehicles, coaches, vans and their
light trailers, microbuses, buses, trucks and their trailers.
Technical requirements on new rubber tyres employed in race and military vehicles are not
covered by this Technical Regulation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s safety
8. Relevant documents:   Brazilian Standard NBR 5531/87 – Automotive road vehicles
(Veículos rodoviários automotores); National Traffic Council Resolution number 558/80 –
Manufacturing and reforming of tyres with depth indicators (Resolução CONTRAN no.
558/80 - Fabricação e reforma de pneumático com indicadores de profundidade)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not statedG/TBT/N/BRA/76
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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