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Weighing machines – Brazil

Official title

Public Consultation 15, 29 September 2020

Brazil issued an addendum on 13 July 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/1080. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 October 2020. The comment period closed on 31 October 2020.

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At a glance

Products

Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds.; Measurement of force, weight and pressure

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8423 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights…
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/1080Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.4
Keywords
Metrology

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 31 October 2020
Proposed adoption
To be determined after the end of the consultation period
Proposed entry into force
Enters into force on the date of its publication in the Federal Official Gazette

How to comment

The comment period closed on 31 October 2020. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.4; it can take them up with Brazil.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.4⁩, 13 July 2026)

Public Consultation of Inmetro Ordinance No. 19, 12 January 2022.

A 45-day period begins on the date of publication of this Public Consultation in the Official Gazette of the Union for the submission of suggestions and comments regarding the proposed amendment to Inmetro Ordinance No. 19 12 January 2022, which approves the Metrological Technical Regulation applicable to automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion—as set forth in the Annex.

Establishes proposal for revision of Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, 24 July 2013 - Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion and its annex - Software Requirements Criticisms and suggestions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model for the contribution of legal metrology requirements, available at: preferably in electronic form to the following addresses: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro Legal Metrology Directorate - Dimel Metrology Technical Articulation and Regulation Division - Diart Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, nº 50 - Xerém ZIP Code 25250-020 - Duque de Caxias / RJ FAX: (21) 2145-3232 E-mail: diart@inmetro.gov.br

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.4

    Public Consultation of Inmetro Ordinance No. 19, 12 January 2022.

    A 45-day period begins on the date of publication of this Public Consultation in the Official Gazette of the Union for the submission of suggestions and comments regarding the proposed amendment to Inmetro Ordinance No. 19 12 January 2022, which approves the Metrological Technical Regulation applicable to automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion—as set forth in the Annex.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.3

    Amendment to Inmetro Ordinance No. 19, 12 January 2022.

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro issued Ordinance 617, 20 December 2023 that amends subitem 6.3.4 of the metrological technical regulation (RTM) approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 19, of January 12, 2022.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  3. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.2

    Consolidation of Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion.

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro issued Ordinance No. 19, 12 January 2022 that consolidates Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion. The aim of the consolidation of the regulation is to attend decree No. 10.139 of 28 November 2020. Inmetro Ordinance No. 19/2022 revokes the following acts on the effective date of adoption: - Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, of 24 July 2013, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 25 July 2013, section 1, page 82; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 403, of 15 August 2013, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 19 August 2013, section 1, page 98; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 47, of 22 January 2016, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 26 January 2016, section 1, page 31; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 336, of 27 July 2018, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 03 August, section 1, page 46; and - Inmetro Ordinance No. 367, of 3 December 2020, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 8 December 2020, section 1, page 33, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.1.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  4. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/1080/Add.1

    Amendment of the Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion and its annex - Software Requirements

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, issued the Inmetro Ordinance 367, 3 December 2020, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/1080 that amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, 24 July 2013 concerning Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion and its annex - Software Requirements.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document 1 (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  5. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/1080

    Comment deadline: Closed on 31 October 2020

    Public Consultation 15, 29 September 2020

    Establishes proposal for revision of Inmetro Ordinance No. 375, 24 July 2013 - Metrological Technical Regulation (RTM) on automatic weighing instruments for road vehicles in motion and its annex - Software Requirements Criticisms and suggestions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model for the contribution of legal metrology requirements, available at: preferably in electronic form to the following addresses: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro Legal Metrology Directorate - Dimel Metrology Technical Articulation and Regulation Division - Diart Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, nº 50 - Xerém ZIP Code 25250-020 - Duque de Caxias / RJ FAX: (21) 2145-3232 E-mail: diart@inmetro.gov.br

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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