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BrazilAdopted, according to its latest notice

Mechanical appliances for projecting – Brazil

Official title

Ministerial Act N° 160, June 4th 2009 (Portaria No 160, de 4 de junho de 2009), issued by Inmetro, on procedures to assess the conformity of fire extinguishers

Brazil issued an addendum on 9 November 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/336. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1 July 2009. The comment period closed on 20 March 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Fire Extinguishers (HS: 8424.10) and Parts of Fire Extinguishers, Spray Guns and Sprayers (HS: 8424.90)

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8424 Mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s. fire extinguishers, charged or not…
    • 842410 Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged (excl. fire-extinguishing bombs and grenades)
    • 842490 Parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and…
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/336Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.8

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 20 March 2025
Proposed adoption
Not stated
Proposed entry into force
About three months after the comment period

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.8⁩, 9 November 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

Conformity Assessment Requirements for Fire Extinguishers – Consolidated Version

The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro issued Inmetro Ordinance No. 666, dated November 5th, 2026, which amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 108, dated March 17, 2022, which approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Fire Extinguishers – Consolidated Version.

Draft conformity assessment procedure which lays down requirements for carrying out analysis and tests for compulsory certification, according to standards which are mentioned in the draft.

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/336/Add.8

    Conformity Assessment Requirements for Fire Extinguishers – Consolidated Version

    The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro issued Inmetro Ordinance No. 666, dated November 5th, 2026, which amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 108, dated March 17, 2022, which approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Fire Extinguishers – Consolidated Version.

    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/336/Add.7

    Amendment of Ordinance No. 314, 29 May 2025

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends the requirements of the Conformity Identification Seal for helmets for drivers and passengers of motorcycles and similar, fire extinguishers, technical inspection and maintenance of fire extinguishers, cylinders for storage of natural gas for vehicles and requalification of cylinders intended for storage of natural gas for vehicles, established by Inmetro Ordinances No. 231, of 18/05/2021, to integrate the project 'Inmetro in the Palm of your Hand'.

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  3. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.6/Corr.1

    Amendment of Ordinance No. 314, 29 May 2025

    Rectification of Inmetro Ordinance No. 314, 29 May 2025, published in the Official Gazette of the Union on 30 May 2025, section 1, pages 73 to 75.

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  4. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.6

    Amendment of Ordinance No. 314, 29 May 2025

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends the requirements of the Conformity Identification Seal for helmets for drivers and passengers of motorcycles and similar, fire extinguishers, technical inspection and maintenance of fire extinguishers, cylinders for storage of natural gas for vehicles and requalification of cylinders intended for storage of natural gas for vehicles, established by Inmetro Ordinances No. 108, of 17/03/2022, to integrate the project 'Inmetro in the Palm of your Hand'.

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

  5. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.5

    Comment deadline: Closed on 20 March 2025

    Amendment proposal to Inmetro Ordinance No. 108, 17 March 2022

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro issued Public Consultation No 9, 5 March 2025, that proposes to change the requirements of the Conformity Identification Seal for fire extinguishers established by Inmetro Ordinance No. 108, 17 March 2022. Comments must be presented on the Participa + Brasil Platform 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)

  6. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Corr.1

    Rectification of Inmetro Ordinance No. 108 17 March 2022, published in the Official Gazette on 25 March 2022, pages 88 to 96, section 1

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  7. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.4

    Consolidation of conformity assessment requirements for fire extinguishers

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Ordinance No. 108, 17 March 2022 that consolidates conformity assessment requirements for fire extinguishers The aim of the consolidation of the regulation is to attend decree no. 10.139 of 28 November 2020. Inmetro Ordinance No. 108/2022 revokes the following act on the effective date of adoption: - Inmetro Ordinance No. 486, of 8 December 2010, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 10 December 2010, section 1, page 95, notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.1; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 500, of 29 December 2011, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 30 December 2011, section 1, page 118 notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.2; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 158, of 19 March 2015, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 23 March 2015, section 1, page 51 notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.3; - Paragraph XIV of art. 18 of Inmetro Ordinance No. 258, of 6 August 2020, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 7 August 2020, section 1, page 25 notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/907/Add.1; and - Annex B of Inmetro Ordinance No. 230, of 18 May 2021, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 18 May 2021, section 1, page 157 notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/697/Add.2.

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  8. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.3

    This addendum aims at informing that the Conformity Assessment Procedures, issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, notified under G/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.1 (Portaria nº 486, de 8 de Dezembro de 2010), concerning the adoption by the fire extinguishers,of essential procedures to assess conformitythrough the mechanism of compulsory certification, was amended by the Ordinance nº 158, 19 March 2015, considering the need to make some reasonable adjustments in order

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  9. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.2

    This addendum aims at informing that some articles of the Ministerial Act 486/2010 issued by National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology/INMETRO were modified. This Ministerial Act establishes criteria for conformity assessment procedure for Fire Extinguishers and was notified under G/TBT/N/BRA/336. The modifications were published in the Brazillian Official Journal in 30 December 2011 by the Ministerial Act No 500.; The full text of this measure is available in Portuguese and can be

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  10. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/336/Add.1

    This document aims at replacing the document notified under the G/TBT/N/BRA/336, issued by Inmetro – National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality, (mandatory technical requirements/conformity assessment procedures for Fire Extinguishers) with the Ministerial Act Nº 486 (published in Official Gazette N° 236, 10 December 2010, Section 1), concerning the adoption by the fire extinguishers, of essential procedures to assess its conformity with a focus on security, through

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  11. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/336

    Comment deadline: Closed on 20 July 2009

    Ministerial Act N° 160, June 4th 2009 (Portaria No 160, de 4 de junho de 2009), issued by Inmetro, on procedures to assess the conformity of fire extinguishers

    Draft conformity assessment procedure which lays down requirements for carrying out analysis and tests for compulsory certification, according to standards which are mentioned in the draft.

    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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