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Ref. : EIC 413/3

13 April 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 318/2022

Brazil : Conformity Assessments and Technical Requirements for Various Products

The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) of Brazil approved conformity assessments and/or technical requirements of various products including:

  1. conventional point electronic recorder
  2. sound power of household appliances
  3. plug and socket adapters
  4. compact fluorescent lamps with a ballast integrated into the base
  5. high pressure sodium vapour lamps
  6. automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion
  7. switches for fixed household and similar electrical installations
  8. electromagnetic ballasts for sodium vapour lamps and metal vapour lamps (halides)
  9. grain moisture metres
  10. electric metres
  11. chrono tachographs
  12. particulate filtering half facepieces
  13. active induction electric energy metres, single-phase and polyphase, classes 1 and 2
  14. vehicle axles
  15. low voltage electrical devices
  16. automotive gas metres
  17. metal pans
  18. electromagnetic ballasts for fluorescent tubes
  19. automotive wheels
  20. personal protective safety helmets for use in industry
  21. safety belts, fall arrest devices and safety lanyards

2.For details of the Brazilian measures and the products involved, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the relevant Brazilian Resolutions (in Portuguese) which are available at:

  • Directive No. 4/2022 (relevant to item (a) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-4-de-4-de-janeiro-de-2022-372818695
  • Directive No. 6/2022 (relevant to item (b) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-6-de-5-de-janeiro-de-2022-375508409
  • Directive No. 9/2022 (relevant to item (c) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-9-de-17-de-janeiro-de-2022-374989193
  • Directive No. 17/2022 (relevant to item (d) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-17-de-14-de-janeiro-de-2022-374166541
  • Directive No. 18/2022 (relevant to item (e) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-18-de-14-de-janeiro-de-2022-374194800
  • Directive No.19/2022 (relevant to item (f) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-19-de-12-de-janeiro-de-2022-375564556
  • Directive No. 28/2022 (relevant to item (g) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-28-de-21-de-janeiro-de-2022-375564811
  • Directive No. 35/2022 (relevant to item (h) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-35-de-21-de-janeiro-de-2022-376069408
  • Directive No. 47/2022 (relevant to item (i) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-47-de-7-de-fevereiro-de-2022-379485089
  • Directive No. 477/2022 (relevant to item (j) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-477-de-30-de-novembro-de-2021-365399859
  • Directive No. 481/2022 (relevant to item (k) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-481-de-6-de-dezembro-de-2021-365398895
  • Directive No. 491/2022 (relevant to item (l) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-491-de-10-de-dezembro-de-2021-367977870
  • Directive No. 493/2022 (relevant to item (m) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-493-de-10-de-dezembro-de-2021-372224986
  • Directive No. 496/2022 (relevant to item (n) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-496-de-13-de-dezembro-de-2021-367543315
  • Directive No. 497/2022 (relevant to item (o) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-497-de-13-de-dezembro-de-2021-368975664
  • Directive No. 498/2022 (relevant to item (p) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-498-de-16-de-dezembro-de-2021-368993734
  • Directive No. 499/2022 (relevant to item (q) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-499-de-20-de-dezembro-de-2021-370398209
  • Directive No. 500/2022 (relevant to item (r) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-500-de-20-de-dezembro-de-2021-370537433
  • Directive No. 501/2022 (relevant to item (s) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-501-de-20-de-dezembro-de-2021-370546490
  • Directive No. 502/2022 (relevant to item (t) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-502-de-20-de-dezembro-de-2021-370546123
  • Directive No. 503/2022 (relevant to item (u) above) :
    https://in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/portaria-n-503-de-20-de-dezembro-de-2021-370546770

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Sandra FUNG)
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.