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BrazilCorrected since it was notified

Rubber and articles thereof – Brazil

Official title

Draft of Compulsory Certification of Recycling Tyres applied to Vehicles (up to 35.000N), Trailers and Trolleys.

Brazil issued a correction on 17 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/16. The measure was first notified on 26 October 2001.

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At a glance

Products

Recycling (retreating and repair) Tyres (ICS: 83.160.10)

HS codes
  • 40 · Rubber and articles thereof
    • 400300 Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
    • 400400 Waste, parings and scrap of soft rubber and powders and granules obtained therefrom
    • 401212 Retreaded pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used on buses or lorries
    • 401220 Used pneumatic tyres of rubber
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Corrected since it was notified
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/16Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.2/Corr.2

Key dates

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Proposed adoption
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What the notification says

Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - INMETRO issued Ordinance no. 433, 15 October 2021, that approves the Regulation for tire rethreading, which includes the Technical Quality Regulation, the Conformity Assessment Requirements and the Specifications for the Conformity Identification Seal, respectively, in Annexes I, II and III of this Ordinance. Inmetro Ordinance 433 revokes the following acts on the effective date of adoption: I - Inmetro Ordinance 554 29 October 2015, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 3 November 2015, section 1, pages 20 to 21; and II - Item XXI of art. 18 and item VII of art. 19 of Inmetro Ordinance 258, 6 August 2020, published in the Official Gazette on 7 August 2020, section 1, page 25, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/907/Add.1

Notices on this measure

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

  1. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.2/Corr.2

    Approval of the Technical Quality Regulation and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for tire retreading - Consolidated

    Retifictation of Annex III - Conformity Identification Seal, of Inmetro Ordinance No. 433, of October 15, 2021, published in the Official Gazette of the Union on October 22, 2021, pages 36 to 45, section 1.

    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. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.2/Corr.1

    Rectification of Annex B - Self-Verification List - LAV, of Annex II of Inmetro Ordinance No. 433, of 15 October 2021, published in the Official Gazette on 22 October 2021, pages 36 to 45, section 1.

    The rectification text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:

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

  3. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.2

    Approval of the Technical Quality Regulation and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for tire retreading - Consolidated

    Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - INMETRO issued Ordinance no. 433, 15 October 2021, that approves the Regulation for tire rethreading, which includes the Technical Quality Regulation, the Conformity Assessment Requirements and the Specifications for the Conformity Identification Seal, respectively, in Annexes I, II and III of this Ordinance. Inmetro Ordinance 433 revokes the following acts on the effective date of adoption: I - Inmetro Ordinance 554 29 October 2015, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 3 November 2015, section 1, pages 20 to 21; and II - Item XXI of art. 18 and item VII of art. 19 of Inmetro Ordinance 258, 6 August 2020, published in the Official Gazette on 7 August 2020, section 1, page 25, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/907/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. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.1/Corr.1

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  5. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/16/Add.1

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  6. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/16

    Draft of Compulsory Certification of Recycling Tyres applied to Vehicles (up to 35.000N), Trailers and Trolleys.

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

All updates from Brazil

  1. WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Ordinance Nº. 487, 04 November 2014. The text proposes to rewrite and, include some items of the document previously notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/461/Add.1 in order to upgrade and…

    The revised text proposes to include three (3) different certification models (items 6.1); to include item 6.4 as certification model 3; and to rewrite clauses 6.2.1 and 6.2.2, to provide terms and conditions to assess and maintain conformity. Other provisions contained in the Inmetro Ordinance Nº…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/BRA/461/Rev.1/Add.7Comment period closed

  2. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft. Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of seeds of Canna spp. produced in the Kingdom of Thailand

    Draft Ordinance aiming to establish the phytosanitary requirements for the import of seeds (Category 4) of Canna spp. produced in Thailand. The consignments must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the National Plant Protection Organization – NPPO of Thailand, as detailed on…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2548Comments until 8 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Resolution 1430, 14 October 2026

    This draft resolution proposes amendments to the agronomic class (item 2.1) and to the wording of items 2.3 and 3.1 of Monograph P74 - Priestia megaterium, in the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservatives, which was published by…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2547Comments until 8 January 2027

  4. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Resolution 1428, 7 October 2026

    This draft resolution proposes the inclusion of the active ingredient T86 - Trichoderma Yunnanense in the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservatives, which was published by Normative Instruction 103 on 19 October 2021 in the Brazilian…

    No products listed by the notifying member

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2546Comments until 8 January 2027

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