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6 August 2021  
(21-6099) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology 
(INMETRO)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if  different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone:  +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Website: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
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):  Pre-
packaged products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Inmetro 
Ordinance N° 328, 29 July 2021 (2 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  Inmetro Ordinance No. 328 appr oves the consolidated 
metrological technical regulation on the metrological control of pre -packaged goods sold 
in mass units, of unequal nominal content.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Decree 10.139 o f 28 November 2019 provides for the need for revision and 
consolidation of normative acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate 
regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in 
time or the need cannot be identified. Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory 
processes will be reduced.  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection . 
8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 145 on 03 August 2021, section 1, page 22 2) Inmetro 
Ordinance No. 120, 17 March 2011  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -inmetro -n-328-de-29-de-julho-de-2021-
335754750  
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001684.pdf  G/TBT/N/BRA/1224  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 December 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 December 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – INMETRO  
Telephone:  +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br   
Website: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas  
 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -inmetro -n-328-de-29-de-julho-de-2021-
335754750  
 