Ministerial Act on Basic Requirements for Solar Energy Systems and Equipment in Pakistan

On January 17, 2012, Brazil submitted to the WTO Secretariat Circular 456 of the Ministerial Act No 477 (December 15, 2011) on the basic requirements for solar hot water systems and equipment. The products covered by the notification are solar hot water systems and equipment.

The Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro) stated in its briefing that this draft technical regulation stipulates the basic requirements that solar hot water systems and equipment should meet in order to ensure the safety, performance, accident prevention and energy efficiency of systems and equipment.

The proposed date of approval of this technical regulation is the date of publication in the official gazette, and the proposed effective date will be determined in the final text of the regulation.