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Furniture; bedding – Brazil

Official title

Ordinance Nº. 508, 8 October 2015 Approving the technical requirements and procedures to access conformity for spring mattresses (25 pages, in Portuguese)

Brazil issued an addendum on 10 August 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/647. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 15 October 2015. The comment period closed on 9 November 2015.

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At a glance

Products

Spring mattresses (HS: 9404)

HS codes
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 9403 Furniture and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)
    • 9404 Mattress supports (excl. spring interiors for seats); articles of bedding and similar furnishing, e.g. mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and…
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/647Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.5

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 9 November 2015
Proposed adoption
Upon publication in the Official Journal after received comments
Proposed entry into force
Upon publication in the Official Journal after received comments

How to comment

The comment period closed on 9 November 2015. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.5; it can take them up with Brazil.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.5⁩, 10 August 2026)

Public Consultation No. 12, 3 August 2026

National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the proposal to amend the Conformity Identification Marks for electric wires, cables, and flexible cords; lead-acid batteries for motor vehicles; flexible polyurethane foam mattresses and pads; spring mattresses; metal cookware; new tires; gas lighters; and LED lamps and luminaires—whose consolidated regulations are established by Inmetro Ordinances No. 131 (March 23, 2022), No. 145 (March 28, 2022), No. 35 (February 5, 2021), No. 75 (February 4, 2021), No. 499 (December 20, 2021), No. 379 (September 14, 2021), No. 63 (December 22, 2020), and No. 231 (April 13, 2026), respectively—with the aim of integrating them into the 'Inmetro na Palma da Mão' (Inmetro in the Palm of Your Hand) project.

Draft technical regulation establishing the requirements to comply with spring mattresses pertaining to all supplier chain on the national market.

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/647/Add.5

    Public Consultation No. 12, 3 August 2026

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the proposal to amend the Conformity Identification Marks for electric wires, cables, and flexible cords; lead-acid batteries for motor vehicles; flexible polyurethane foam mattresses and pads; spring mattresses; metal cookware; new tires; gas lighters; and LED lamps and luminaires—whose consolidated regulations are established by Inmetro Ordinances No. 131 (March 23, 2022), No. 145 (March 28, 2022), No. 35 (February 5, 2021), No. 75 (February 4, 2021), No. 499 (December 20, 2021), No. 379 (September 14, 2021), No. 63 (December 22, 2020), and No. 231 (April 13, 2026), respectively—with the aim of integrating them into the 'Inmetro na Palma da Mão' (Inmetro in the Palm of Your Hand) project.

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

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.4

    Amendment of Inmetro Ordinance nº 75, 4 February 2021

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, issued the Ordinance No. 354, 5 July 2024 that amends the article 10 of Inmetro Ordinance nº 75, 4 February 2021 published in the Official Gazette of the Union on 11 February 2021, section 1, pages 65 to 69.

    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/647/Add.3

    Rectification of Ordinance No. 579, 5 December 2023

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro issued the Ordinance No. 579, 5 December 2023 that: Amends Inmetro Ordinances No. 282, of August 26, 2020, which establishes the risk classification of economic activities associated with acts of release under the responsibility of Inmetro within the scope of the Compulsory Conformity Assessment, revoking provisions to the contrary, No. 75 of 04 February 2021 previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.2. The Ordinance No. 579, 5 December 2023, published in the Official Gazette of the Union on 5 December 2023, pages 75 to 76, section 1 was rectified.

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  4. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.2/Corr.1

    Rectification of Inmetro Ordinance No. 75, of 4 February 2021, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 11 February 2021, section 1, pages 65 to 69

    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)

  5. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.2

    Approves the Technical Quality Regulation and the conformity assessment requirements for spring mattresses

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, issued the Ordinance 75, 4 February 2021, that approves the Technical Quality Regulation and the conformity assessment requirements for spring mattresses – consolidated, and revokes the Inmetro Ordinance 52, 01 February 2016, published in the Federal Official Gazette on 2 February 2016, section 1, page 69, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/647/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)

  6. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/647/Add.1

    This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology – Inmetro, issued Ordinance Nº 52, 1 February 2016, in order to get better results and to approve and adapt the mandatory technical requirements (Annex I) and the Conformity Assessment Procedures (Annex II) for spring mattresses, notified as G/TBT/BRA/647. The Ordinance approved procedures for sampling, testing inspection evaluation, assurance of conformity, registration and others. The full text is

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  7. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/647

    Comment deadline: Closed on 9 November 2015

    Ordinance Nº. 508, 8 October 2015 Approving the technical requirements and procedures to access conformity for spring mattresses (25 pages, in Portuguese)

    Draft technical regulation establishing the requirements to comply with spring mattresses pertaining to all supplier chain on the national market.

    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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