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Ref : EIC 413/2
11 September 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 732/2012
Brazil : Conformity Certification Requirements for Solar Water Heating Equipment
The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil issued Decree No. 352/2012 on 10 July 2012 to establish conformity certification requirements for solar water heating equipment. The Decree (in Portuguese) is available at: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC001864.pdf.
2. The Decree requires solar water heating equipment to be certified using certification System 5 or System 7. The conformity certification for solar water heating equipment must be carried out by a Product Certification Body (Organismo de Certificação de Produto, OCP) accredited by the IMMETRO.
3. For solar water heating equipment covered by the certification requirements, the compliance dates will be as follows:
| Compliance Date | Application Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| (i) | 5 July 2013 | manufacture and import of such products |
| (ii) | 5 July 2014 | domestic sale of such products by manufacturers and importers |
| (iii) | 5 May 2015 | domestic sale of such products by all other parties |
4. For details of the above certification requirements, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the above Brazilian Decree.
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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.