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Machinery, plant – Brazil

Official title

Ministerial Act: Nº 452, 29 November 2010 (46 pages in Portuguese).

Brazil issued an addendum on 8 May 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/412. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 7 January 2011. The comment period closed on 2 January 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Instantaneous/storage gas water heaters (HS 84191; 841911)

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84191 Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric:
    • 841911 Instantaneous gas water heaters (excl. boilers or water heaters for central heating)
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/412Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.6

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 2 January 2026
Proposed adoption
30 November 2010
Proposed entry into force
Upon publication in the Official Journal after received comments have been taken into account.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 2 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.6; it can take them up with Brazil.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.6⁩, 8 May 2026)

Ordinance 222, 7 April 2026

National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 89, 22 March 2022, which approves the Mercosur Technical Regulation on minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for household appliances that use gas as fuel and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Gas Water Heaters - Consolidated.

Draft technical regulation which establishes the criteria to assess the conformity for gas water heaters (two main types: storage and instantaneous) for domestic use. It lays down minimum levels of energy efficiency and an adequate level of security for the product.

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/412/Add.6

    Ordinance 222, 7 April 2026

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 89, 22 March 2022, which approves the Mercosur Technical Regulation on minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for household appliances that use gas as fuel and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Gas Water Heaters - Consolidated.

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  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.5

    Comment deadline: Closed on 2 January 2026

    Public Consultation No. 33, 14 October 2025

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 89, 22 March 2022, which approves the Mercosur Technical Regulation on minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for household appliances that use gas as fuel and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Gas Water Heaters - Consolidated. 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. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.4/Corr.1

    Consolidation of Mercosur Technical Regulation of minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for domestic appliances that use gas as fuel and the conformity assessment requirements for gas water heaters.

    Rectification of Inmetro Ordinance No. 89, 22 March 2022, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 25 March 2022, section 1, pages 61 to 73, section 1, that approves the Mercosur Technical Regulation of minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for household appliances that use gas as fuel and the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Gas Water Heaters.. The rectification text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:

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  4. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.4

    Consolidation of Mercosur Technical Regulation of minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for domestic appliances that use gas as fuel and the conformity assessment requirements for gas water heaters.

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Ordinance No. 105, 18 March 2022 that consolidates the Mercosur Technical Regulation of minimum safety and energy efficiency requirements for domestic appliances that use gas as fuel and the assessment requirements of compliance for gas water heaters. The aim of the consolidation of the regulation is to attend decree no. 10.139 of 28 November 2020.

    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. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.3

    This addendum aims at informing that the Conformity Assessment Procedures which establish the criteria for Gas Water Heaters - Types Instantaneous or Accumulation - issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology/Inmetro had its terms adapted through the Ordinance nº 186, 14 April 2014 (Portaria nº 186, de 14 de abril de 2014) and published in the Brazilian Official Journal nº 73, 16 April 2014.;

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  6. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.2

    This addendum aims at informing that the Conformity Assessment Procedures which establish criteria for Gas Water Heaters - Types Instantaneous or Accumulation - issued by Inmetro (National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology) had its criteria adapted through Ordinance number 390, 6 August 2013 (Portaria n.º 390, de 06 de agosto de 2013) and published in the Official Gazette on August 14th 2013, Section 01, pages numbers 60/61.;

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  7. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/412/Add.1

    This addendum aims to inform that the Conformity Assessment Procedure, issued by Inmetro – National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, notified under G/TBT/N/BRA/412 (conformity assessment procedure for Instantaneous/storage gas water heaters), was amended with a focus on safety by the adoption of a compulsory third party certification, carried out by an accredited body to enable the necessary confidence to be acquainted by the product. According to this addendum, the Ministerial Or

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  8. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/412

    Comment deadline: Closed on 30 December 2010

    Ministerial Act: Nº 452, 29 November 2010 (46 pages in Portuguese).

    Draft technical regulation which establishes the criteria to assess the conformity for gas water heaters (two main types: storage and instantaneous) for domestic use. It lays down minimum levels of energy efficiency and an adequate level of security for the product.

    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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