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Ref : EIC 413/2

29 October 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 861/2013

Brazil : Technical Requirements for Drive Shaft

The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil issued Decree No. 420/2013 on 26 August 2013 to establish technical requirements for drive shaft.

2.With effect from 26 August 2013, the new technical requirements apply to auxiliary drive shaft for lorries, lorry-tractors and buses, and drive shaft for trailers and semi-trailers, while drive shaft for lorries, lorry-tractors and buses, and self-steering shaft and steering shaft are excluded.

3.For details of the above technical requirements, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the Brazilian Decree (in Portuguese), which is available at: http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002016.pdf.

ENQUIRIES

4.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.