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Ref : EIC 413/2

16 September 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 561/2011

Brazil : Mandatory Product Safety Certification Requirement for Certain Electrical Appliances

The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 133/2010 of 25 March 2010 that the Brazilian Government had established mandatory product safety certification requirements for certain domestically manufactured or imported electrical appliances in the Decree No. 371/2009 with effect from 1 July 2011. The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) of Brazil has recently issued a separate Decree No. 328/2011 to clarify the scope of Decree No. 371/2009. The Decree (in Portuguese) is available at:

Decree No. 328/2011:
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001724.pdf

DETAILS

2.The INMETRO determined that compressors, electric stoves, electric ovens (except those covered by International Electrotechnical Commission standards IEC 60335-2-36 and IEC 60335-2-42), microwave ovens covered by IEC 60335-2-90, hydromassage tubs, clothes dryers, dishwashers, wine cellars, freezers, hybrid accumulation heaters and heat pumps must comply with the requirements of Decree No. 371/2009.

3. The compliance dates to the requirements stipulated in Decree No. 371/2009 will be 1 July 2012 for the manufacture and import of the mentioned products; 1 July 2013 for the domestic sale of such products by manufacturers and importers; and 1 July 2014 for the domestic sale of such products by wholesalers and retailers.

EXEMPTION

4. Besides, the Decree No. 371/2009 will not apply to the following:

  1. centrifuges covered by IEC 60335-2-4, microwave ovens covered by IEC 60335-2-25, commercial electric furnaces covered by IEC 60335-2-36 and IEC 60335-2-42, pumps covered by IEC 60335-2-41 and IEC 60335-2-51, apparatus that expose the skin to UV and IR radiation covered by NBR IEC 60335-2-27, massage apparatus covered by IEC 60335-2-32, and projectors and similar equipment covered by IEC 60335-2-56;
  2. Class III devices which feed on safe, extra-low voltage that will not generate a higher voltage (excluding Class III devices powered by batteries that are recharged in the device itself through a base loader);
  3. multi-split type, duct and central air conditioners;
  4. certain kitchen appliances covered by IEC 60335-2-64; and
  5. products not covered by any specific parts of IEC 60335.

ENQUIRIES

5. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note ：

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.