WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/127
21 August 2003
(03-4371)
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
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542E-mail: 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):   Power cables with PVC
solid isolation  (HS: 85.44)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Ministerial Act
number 129, 31 July 2003 (Portaria no. 129 de 31 de julho de 2003) issued by Inmetro on
the conformity assessment procedures for power cables with PVC solid isolation (8 pages,
in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Ministerial Act and Annex Draft Technical Regulation which lay
down mandatory conformity assessment procedures for national and imported power cables
with PVC solid isolation for voltages in  the range of 450 to 750V, according to
IEC Standard 60227-5:1998.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s safety
8. Relevant documents:   IEC Standard 60227-5: 1998; Brazilian Standard NBR
ISO 9001:2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   6 October 2003
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:
www.inmetro.gov.br/regs_ext/docs/documentos/CD000553.pdf