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Air conditioning machines – Brazil

Official title

Draft Resolution 01, of 27 January 2020 (Portaria Nº 01, de 27 de janeiro de 2020)

Brazil issued an addendum on 16 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BRA/964. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 11 February 2020. The comment period closed on 24 June 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated; parts thereof; Ventilators. Fans. Air-conditioners

HS codes
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 8415 Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, incl. those machines in which the humidity…
Notifying member
Brazil
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Quality requirements
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BRA/964Latest notice: G/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.8

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 24 June 2025
Proposed adoption
To be defined
Proposed entry into force
In the date of its publication.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.8⁩, 16 September 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

Ordinance No. 550, 10 September 2026

National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, approves the Consolidated Regulation for Air Conditioners, in the form of the Conformity Assessment Requirements and the Specifications for the Conformity Identification Mark—in the form of the National Energy Conservation Label (ENCE)—set forth, respectively, in Annexes I and II of this Ordinance.

The Draft Resolution for the partial improvement of the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, establishing the seasonal cooling performance index and determining other measures for the availability of these products in 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/964/Add.8

    Ordinance No. 550, 10 September 2026

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, approves the Consolidated Regulation for Air Conditioners, in the form of the Conformity Assessment Requirements and the Specifications for the Conformity Identification Mark—in the form of the National Energy Conservation Label (ENCE)—set forth, respectively, in Annexes I and II of this Ordinance.

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  2. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.2/Corr.2

    Conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners - Consolidated

    Rectification of Inmetro Ordinance No. 269, 22 June 2021, which approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Air Conditioners - Consolidated, published in the Official Gazette of the Union on 26 June 2021, pages 134 to 146, section 1.

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  3. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.7

    Ordinance No. 269, of 22 June 2021

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, amends Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021 which approves the Conformity Assessment Requirements for Air Conditioners - Consolidated.

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  4. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.6

    Comment deadline: Closed on 24 June 2025

    Proposal to amend the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Public Consultation No. 10, 23 April 2025 that proposes to amend the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021. Comments must be presented on the Participa + Brasil Platform at: Comments should be made until 24 June 2025

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  5. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.2/Corr.1

    Consolidation of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners

    Rectification of Annex I - Inmetro Ordinance No. 269, of 22 June 2021, published in the Official Gazette of 25 June 2021, section 1, pages 75 to 79, consolidation of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners The rectification text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:

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  6. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.5

    Amendment of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021.

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Ordina No. 230, 31 May 2022 that amends conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021, establishing new deadlines for the implementation of the new label for cassette-type models and others with equal or greater cooling capacity at 36 thousand Btu/h.

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  7. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.4

    Amendment of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Ordinance No. 179, 11 April 2022 that amends the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021. Inmetro Ordinance No. 179/2022 establishes the criteria for the use of the optional test point in the calculation of the Seasonal Cooling Performance Index and for the acceptance of maintenance test results.

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  8. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.3

    Comment deadline: Closed on 19 February 2022

    Proposal to amend the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued Public Consultation No. 23, 13 December 2021 that proposes to amend the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, approved by Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 of 22 June 2021 Criticisms and suggestions should be forwarded in the spreadsheet model available at: preferably in electronic form to the following addresses: - National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro Conformity Assessment Directorate - Dconf Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, nº 50/Xerém ZIP Code 25.250-020 – Rio de Janeiro/RJ - E-mail: dconf.consultapublica@inmetro.gov.br Comments should be made until 19 February 2022.

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  9. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.2

    Conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners - Consolidated

    National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, issued the Ordinance No. 269, 22 June 2021 that approves the consolidation of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners. The aim of the consolidation of the regulation is to attend decree no. 10.139 of 28 November 2020. Inmetro Ordinance No. 269 revokes on the date of 1 July 2021: - Inmetro Ordinance No. 7, of 4 January 2011, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 5 January 2011, section 1, page 60; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 643, of 30 November 2012, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 7 December 2012, section 1, page 239 to 240; - Inmetro Ordinance No. 410, of 16 August 2013, published in the Official Gazette of 20 August 2013, section 1, page 39; and - Inmetro Ordinance No. 234, of 29 June 2020, published in the Brazilian Official Gazette of 1 July 2020, section 1, page 99 to 102, previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.1.

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  10. AddendumG/TBT/N/BRA/964/Add.1

    Inmetro Ordinance 234, 29 Juin 2020 - previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/964 - which approves the partial improvement of conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, establishing the seasonal cooling performance index and determining other measures for the availability of these products in the national market, was published in the Brazilian Official Gazette no. 124, on 1 July 2020, section 1, page 99. This ordinance is an improvement of Ordinance no.7, published in the Brazilian

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  11. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/BRA/964

    Comment deadline: Closed on 11 April 2020

    Draft Resolution 01, of 27 January 2020 (Portaria Nº 01, de 27 de janeiro de 2020)

    The Draft Resolution for the partial improvement of the conformity assessment requirements for air conditioners, establishing the seasonal cooling performance index and determining other measures for the availability of these products in the national market.

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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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