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Ref : EIC 413/2
16 December 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 1007/2013
Brazil : Conformity Certification Requirements for Various Products
The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil issued Decrees in September and October 2013 to amend the conformity certification requirements or extend compliance dates for various products:
(a) Integrated Compact Fluorescent Lamps
The INMETRO issued Decree No. 471/2013 to extend the compliance date from 1 July 2013 to 1 July 2014 in respect of the conformity certification requirements which are set out in its Decree 489/2010 applicable to domestic sale of such products by manufacturers and importers. It also amended the requirements of the National Energy Conservation Label ("Etiqueta Nacional de Conservação de Energia / ENCE" in Spanish) for integrated compact fluorescent lamps.
(b) Sodium Vapour Lamps
The INMETRO issued Decree No. 479/2013 to amend the ENCE conformity certification requirements for sodium vapour lamps established under Decree 483/2010.
(c) Gas Stoves and Ovens
Pursuant to Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 832/2012 of 16 October 2012 that the INMETRO established the conformity certification requirements for gas stoves and ovens for household use, the INMETRO issued Decree No. 496/2013 to extend the related compliance dates.
| Compliance Date | Application Criteria | |
| (i) | 3 August 2014 | manufacture and import of such products |
| (ii) | 3 August 2015 |
domestic sale of such products by manufacturers and importers |
| (iii) | 3 August 2016 |
domestic sale of such products by all other parties |
2.For details of the above certification requirements, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the above Brazilian Decrees (in Portuguese), which are available at:
Decree No. 471/2013(relevant to item (a) above):
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002029.pdf
Decree No. 479/2013 (relevant to item (b) above):
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002032.pdf
Decree No. 496/2013 (relevant to item (c) above):
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002035.pdf.
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3.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. |