BRAZIL -- REGULATION ON ELECTRICAL LOW-TENSION DEVICES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.96.415. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: BRAZIL. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2). 2. Agency responsible: National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality -- INMETRO. Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Knife switches with or without fuses, circuit breakers, fuses, fuse bases, extensions and multiple plugs, wires, cables and flexible cords, starters, switches, plugs, sockets, adaptors, lamps, reactors, independent lighting circuits, receptacles, luminaries, light fittings, connectors. 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Regulation on Electrical Low-Tension Devices (3 pages, available in Portuguese). 6. Description of content: This Regulation gives provisions for the use of electrical low-tension devices. For the effect of this Regulation, the above-mentioned articles (item 4) are considered electrical low-tension devices. The electrical low-tension devices which are marketed in the country should be identified in an indelible way, or in relief, with the manufacturer's name or logo and the tension for which they are intended to be used. As these electrical devices are manufactured with no compliance to technical standards, an increasing level of fires and several residential accidents have occurred. 7. Objective and rationale: Consumer protection. 8. Relevant documents: NBR 6148. 9. Proposed date of entry into force: The Institute proposes this Regulation become effective at the date of its publication in the Official Journal. (0352)

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