Brazil (INMETRO) - Ordinance No. 217 on Kingpins Requirements for Conformity Assessment

​On May 17, 2021, INMETRO released the consolidated version of Ordinance 217 on kingpins, part of trailers and semi-trailers and other vehicles not mechanically propeled (HS Code 871690).

Decree 10.139 of November 28, 2019, provides for the need for revision and consolidation of normative acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in time or the need cannot be identified.
Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory processes will be reduced. Inmetro, or an entity accredited by it, in accordance with § 1º of Article 4º of the regulation for the road transportation of dangerous goods, shall attest to the suitability of vehicles and road equipment intended for the carriage of dangerous products. Road vehicles carrying cargo and dangerous goods may only be on service after proof of compliance with the safety requirements and conditions established in the Brazilian Traffic Code - CTB and the Resolutions of the National Traffic Council – Contran Kingpins, used in road vehicles carrying dangerous goods, marketed in the country, must have minimum safety requirements.

Date of entry into force: June 1, 2021