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Ref : EIC 413/2
18 June 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 555/2015
Brazil : Conformity Certification Requirements for Lead-acid Batteries and Infant Cribs
The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil issued Decrees No. 199/2015 on 16 April 2015, and No. 243/2015 on 21 May 2015 to approve or modify the conformity certifcation requirements for certain (a) lead-acid batteries; and (b) infant cribs.
(a) Certain Lead-acid Batteries for Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
Further to Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 453/2012 of 13 June 2012 of our Department, the INMETRO issued Decree No. 199/2015 to modify conformity certification requirements for lead-acid batteries for motor vehicles and motorcycles, except those with a nominal voltage of six to eight volts. The compliance dates are revised as follows:
| Compliance Date | Application Criteria | |
| (i) | 1 June 2015 | manufacture and import of such products |
| (ii) | 1 January 2016 | domestic sale of such products by manufacturers and importers |
| (iii) | 1 June 2016 | domestic sale of such products by all other parties |
(b) Certain Infant Cribs
The INMETRO issued Decree No. 243/2015 requiring all infant cribs manufactured, imported and/or sold in Brazil must be designed in a way that a gap larger than 30 millimetres is never formed between the crib sides and ends and the mattress, when a mattress with the dimensions specified by the manufacturer is used. When the crib's sides or ends is constructed with flexible materials, a space larger than 30 mm cannot be formed when applying a perpendicular force of 150 N from inside the crib towards its outside, at any point of the flexible material.
2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the above Brazilian Decrees (in Portuguese), which are available at:
Decree No. 199/2015 (relevant to item (a) above):
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002252.pdf
Decree No. 243/2015 (relevant to item (b) above):
http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002257.pdf.
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3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU 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.