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BrazilAdopted, according to its latest notice

Draft Ministerial Act for aerial tanks of storage

Official title

Draft Ministerial Act for aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels (21 pages, in Portuguese).

Brazil issued an addendum on 13 July 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/311. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 14 November 2008. The comment period closed on 2 January 2026.

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Products

Aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels

HS codes
  • 39 · Plastics and articles thereof
    • 392510 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of plastics, with a capacity of > 300 l
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 730900 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of iron or steel, for any material 'other than compressed or liquefied gas', of a capacity of > 300 l, not…
  • 76 · Aluminium and articles thereof
    • 761100 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of aluminium, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity of > 300 l, not fitted…
  • 89 · Ships, boats and floating structures
    • 890120 Tankers
    • 890520 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/311Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/311/Add.3
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 2 January 2026
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force
April 2010.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/311/Add.3⁩, 13 July 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

Ordinance No. 408, 2 July 2026

National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Aboveground Automotive Fuel Storage Tanks – Consolidated.

Draft Ministerial Act on conformity assessment procedure for aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels.

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/311/Add.3

    Ordinance No. 408, 2 July 2026

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Aboveground Automotive Fuel Storage Tanks – Consolidated.

    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/311/Add.2

    Comment deadline: Closed on 2 January 2026

    Public Consultation No. 22, 19 August 2025

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the proposal for improving the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Aboveground Storage Tanks for Automotive Fuels, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 117, 5 May 2009. Criticisms and suggestions should be submitted through the Brazil Participatory Platform, available at:

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

  3. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/311/Add.1

    This addendum aims to inform that the Conformity Assessment Procedure, issued by Inmetro – National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality and notified under G/TBT/N/BRA/311 (conformity assessment procedure for aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels), was adopted as a final text and published as Ministerial Act n º 117, 05 May 2009 (Portaria n º 117, de 05 de Maio de 2009).; The full text of this measure is available in Portuguese and can be downloa

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

  4. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/311

    Draft Ministerial Act for aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels (21 pages, in Portuguese).

    Draft Ministerial Act on conformity assessment procedure for aerial tanks of storage of derivatives of oil and other fuels.

    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.

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