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INMETRO Ordinance No. 34 of 2021
INMETRO Ordinance No. 34 of 2021
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY, QUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY-INMETRO
II - off-highway vehicles;
III - assembly lines for motor vehicles; IV - vehicles due to
recall;
V - vehicles of discontinued production until December 31, 1999;
VI - vehicles that have exclusively the power/weight ratio (RPP) greater than 140, calculated as
RPP= (Pn/m)*1000 kg/kW, where "Pn" is the power in the unit in kilowatts (kW) and "m" is the mass in
the unit in kilograms (kg);
VII - vehicles that have exclusively a total gross weight (GVW) equal to or less than 3.5 tons and
that have a maximum power of more than 195 kW;
VIII - vehicles covered by this Ordinance and that are imported as part of an assembled set; and
IX - civil construction, furniture industry and household appliances.
Article 5 The automotive safety glass production chain is subject to the following obligations and
responsibilities:
I – the domestic manufacturer shall manufacture and make available, free of charge or for a fee,
automotive safety glass in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation;
II – the importer must import and make available, free of charge or for a fee, automotive safety
glass in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation;
III – the other entities in the production and supply chain of automotive safety glass, including the
trade in physical or virtual establishments, must maintain the integrity of the product, its mandatory
markings, preserving compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.
Sole paragraph. If an entity performs more than one function in the production and supply chain,
among those previously listed, its responsibilities are accumulated.
Requirements Pre-Market
Article 6 glasses fromsafety Automotive Manufactured import
Distributed and marketed in the national territory, free of charge or for a fee, must
be compulsorily submitted to conformity assessment, through the certification mechanism, in
compliance with the terms of this Regulation and the deadline established in article 10.
§ 1 The Conformity Assessment Requirements for Automotive Safety Glass are set out in Annex II,
available at http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/.
§ 2 Certification does not exempt the supplier from exclusive responsibility for the safety of the
product.
§ 3 Obtaining certification is a condition for the authorization of the use of the Conformity
Identification Seal on products and for their availability in the national market.
§ 4 The model of Conformity Identification Seal applicable to automotive safety glass can be found
in Annex III, available at http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/.
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Sole paragraph. The liability described in the Caput it does not end and is not transferred to the
Product Certification Body (OCP) or to Inmetro, in any case, as the deadline described in article 10 of this
Ordinance expires.
Art. 14. The certification processes concluded based on Ordinance No. 41, of 2018, will not incur
the need to initiate a new certification process based on the requirements consolidated herein.
Sole paragraph. The certificates already issued should only be reviewed in the next stage of
evaluation, for reference to the Ordinance published herein.
Art. 15. Manufacturers and importers of automotive safety glass, with certificates already issued
based on Ordinance No. 41, of 2018, will have until August 26, 2022 to adapt their processes, in order to
exclude the Registration number of the Conformity Identification Seal, as established in article 4 of
Inmetro Ordinance No. 282, of 2020.
Clause from repeal
Art. 16. The following are hereby repealed:
I – Inmetro Ordinance No. 156, of June 4, 2009, published in the Federal Official Gazette of June 5,
2009, section 1, page 162; on January 25, 2033;
II – Inmetro Ordinance No. 157, of June 4, 2009, published in the Federal Official Gazette of June 5,
2009, section 1, page 162; on January 25, 2033;
III – Inmetro Ordinance No. 246, of May 30, 2011, published in the Federal Official Gazette of June
1, 2011, section 1, page 173; on January 25, 2033;
IV – Inmetro Ordinance No. 247, of May 30, 2011, published in the Federal Official Gazette of June
1, 2011, section 1, page 173; on January 25, 2033;
V – Inmetro Ordinance No. 401, of August 1, 2012, published in the Federal Official Gazette of
August 3, 2012, section 1, pages 77 to 78; on January 25, 2033;
VI – Inmetro Ordinance No. 41, of January 19, 2018, published in the Federal Official Gazette of
January 25, 2018, section 1, pages 104 to 105, on the effective date of this Ordinance; and
VII – item XI of article 7 and item XI of article 8 of Inmetro Ordinance No. 282, of August 26, 2020,
published in the Federal Official Gazette of August 28, 2020, section 1, pages 323 to 325, on the effective
date of this Ordinance.
Duration
Art. 17. This Ordinance enters into force on March 1, 2021, according to article 4 of Decree No.
10,139, of 2019.
1. GOAL
This Technical Quality Regulation establishes the mandatory requirements for automotive safety glass
to be met by the entire product supply chain in the domestic market.
2. ACRONYMS
3. DOCUMENTS
3.1 DOCUMENTS FROM REFERENCE
Standard ABNT NBR 9491:2015 Safety glazing for road vehicles — Requirements.
Contranº Resolution 254 of 2007. Establishes requirements for safety glass and criteria for the
application of inscriptions, pictograms and films in the glazed
areas of motor vehicles, in accordance with item III, of article 111
of the Brazilian Traffic Code – CTB.
4. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions contained in the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 Standard must
be adopted.
5. REQUIREMENTS GENERAL
5.1 All automotive safety glass must be designed and manufactured in such a way that it does not offer
harm to the consumer.
5.2 Automotive safety glass must be permanently marked with information that allows its traceability, in
a place that is easy to see after installation in the vehicle.
5.3 Automotive safety glass applied to windshields should be laminated glass only.
5.4 Automotive safety glass applied to side and rear glazed areas of the vehicle can be either tempered
or laminated glass.
6. REQUIREMENTS TECHNICAL
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6.1 Tempered automotive safety glass must ensure safety against shattering after breakage, so that the
fragmentation standard complies with the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard.
6.2 Tempered or laminated automotive safety glass must demonstrate impact resistance as described in
the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 technical standard.
6.3 Automotive safety glass must have adequate light transmission (transmittance) and must comply
with art. 3 of Contran Resolution No. 254, of 2007 or substitute and present compliance with the ABNT
NBR 9491:2015 standard.
6.4 The pigmentation strip for laminated glass in windshields, with light transmission of less than 70%,
cannot invade vision areas A and B, according to the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard.
6.5 The maximum optical distortion values of automotive safety glass applied to windshields shall not
exceed the following:
6.6 Laminated automotive safety glass applied to windshields must be separated from the secondary
image, according to the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard.
6.7 Laminated automotive safety glass must be resistant to radiation, in accordance with the provisions
of the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard.
6.8 Laminated automotive safety glass must be resistant to moisture, as provided for in the ABNT NBR
9491:2015 standard, containing the following characteristics:
(a) difficulty index for colourless film equal to 1 and for coloured films, including gradient band film,
equal to 2;
b) No whitish spots or delamination on the intermediate film more than 10 mm from the uncut edges or
more than 15 mm from the cut edges.
6.9 Laminated automotive safety glass must have high temperature resistance, as provided for in the
ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard, containing the following characteristics:
6.9.1 The hardness index for colourless film is 1 and for coloured films, including gradient band film, is 2,
and bubbles, penetrations, peeling and discolouration shall not occur, except:
(a) in a 10 mm wide strip in the marginal area and on either side of any cracks that may appear in the
glass;
b) in a strip 15 mm wide from the uncut edge (original edge of the windshield glass) and in a 25 mm wide
strip from the other edges.
6.10 Laminated automotive safety glass must have abrasion resistance and light diffusion of no more
than 2%, as provided for in the ABNT NBR 9491:2015 standard.
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All automotive safety glass available in the domestic aftermarket must be permanently marked, at a
minimum, with the following information:
I - the brand of the manufacturer of the glass, in accordance with current legislation; and
II - Conformity Identification Seal, in accordance with Annex III of these Regulations.
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1. GOAL
Establish criteria and procedures for assessing conformity for automotive safety glass, with a focus on
safety, through the certification mechanism, aiming at the prevention of accidents in its use.
2. ACRONYMS
3. DOCUMENTS
3.1 DOCUMENTS FROM
REFERENCE Standard ABNT NBR Safety glazing for road vehicles — Requirements.
9491:2015
Safety glazing — Burst test — Shatter safety
Standard ABNT NBR 9492:2014
Safety Glazing - Determination of Impact Strength with Ball
Safety glazing - Determination of light transmission
Standard ABNT NBR 9494:2015
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4. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this RAC, the following definitions are adopted, complemented by those contained
in the complementary documents mentioned in item 3 and in the Technical Quality Regulation for
Automotive Safety Glass.
4.1 Family
Automotive glass, from the same production process and the same manufacturing unit, whose nominal
thickness ranges, in millimeters, are divided as follows:
4.1.1 Towards glasses from safety Rolled (VSL): -
VSL family - I: and ≤ 5.5 mm;
- VSL-II family: 5.5 mm - 6.5 mm < e ≤
6,5 mm; - família VSL - III: e > .
4.1.2 Towards glasses from safety Seasoned
(VST): - VST family - I: and ≤ 3.5 mm;
- VST-II family: 3.5 mm - 6.5 mm < e ≤
4,5 mm; - família VST - III: 4,5 mm < e ≤
6,5 mm; - família VST - IV: e > .
Criterion from
Procedure
Essay Item
Base Normative Of Acceptanc
Item of the RTQ
norm e
Light transmission (transmittance) 4.7 6.3
Pigmentation Band 4.4 6.4
* Determination of Optical Distortion 4.8 6.5
*Secondary Image Separation 4.9 6.6
*Impact Resistance with "Phanton" 4.6.3 6.2 *Impact
strength with 227 g steel ball, à
temperature +40 ± 2°C 4.6.1.2 6.2
*Impact strength with 227 g steel ball, at -20 ± 2°C ABNT NBR 9491
temperature 4.6.1.2 6.2
**Impact resistance with 227 g steel ball, at
ambient temperature 20 ± 5°C
4.6.1.3 6.2
*Impact strength with 2260 g steel ball 4.6.2 6.2
Radiation Resistance 4.10 6.7
Moisture Resistance 4.11 6.8
High Temperature Resistance 4.12 6.9
Abrasion resistance test 4.13 6.10
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6.1.1.4.2.2 For in-product assays, OCP shall collect samples according to Table 3 or Table 4.
SAMPLING
TESTS
PROOF REBUTTAL WITNESS
Pigmentation range
4 units of safety 4 units of safety 4 units of safety
glazing glazing glazing
*Determination of optical
distortion
20 ± 2°C temperature −0 −0
mm, l Argura of 300mm,
−0
and thickness mm, and thickness within and thickness within
tolerance within tolerance tolerance
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Pigmentation range
4 units of safety 4 units of safety 4 units of safety
glazing glazing glazing
*Determination of optical
distortion
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High Temperature Resistance Thickness Within Thickness Within Thickness Within Tolerance
tolerance tolerance
3 specimens, 3 specimens, 3 specimens, with length and with
length and with length and width of width of
100 +10 mm, and 100 +10 mm, and 100 +10 mm, and
−0 −0 −0
thickness within thickness within thickness within tolerance, with
hole tolerance, with hole tolerance, with hole tolerance, with
Abrasion resistance test central optional central central central hole optional
SAMPLING
TESTS
PROOF REBUTTAL WITNESS
Impact strength with 227 g steel ball 6 safety glasses 6 safety glasses 6 safety glasses
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6.1.1.4.2.3 All tests, measurements, inspections and simulations of use must be performed on the
sample sample. If the test sample fails, the supplier may choose to use the rebuttal / or witness,
submitting it only to the test(s) where the test was rejected.
6.1.1.4.2.4 If the witness sample fails, the supplier may choose to deal with the non-conformities. In
this case, the supplier must evidence the effectiveness of the corrective actions by presenting new
samples for proof, rebuttal and witness for the repetition of all tests.
6.1.1.4.3 Definition of the Laboratory
The criteria for the definition of a laboratory must follow the requirements set out in the
GDPR. 6.1.1.5Treatment from No Conformities in Stage from Evaluation Initial
The criteria for handling non-conformities in the initial assessment stage must follow the requirements
established in the GDPR.
6.1.1.6Issuance of the Certificate from Compliance
The criteria for issuing the Certificate of Conformity must follow the requirements established in the
GDPR. The Certificate of Conformity must be valid for three (3) years.
6.1.1.6.1 In the certificate of conformity, the models of the family should be noted as follows:
Description
Model (Technical description of the Commercial
model, containing at least)
(Commercial model name and barcode (if any) of
Brand
commercial reference codes, if - Type (Tempered or all versions.
any). Laminated)
-thickness
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6.2.1.3.2.3 The OCP, when collecting the sample, must prepare a sampling report, detailing the date,
place, identification of the lot collected and the conditions under which it was obtained, as established
in the RGCP.
6.2.1.3.3 Definition of the laboratory
The definition of the laboratory must follow the requirements set forth in
the GDPR. 6.2.1.4 Emission of the Certificate from Compliance
The criteria for issuing the Certificate of Conformity must follow the conditions described in the GDPR. In
the Certificate of Conformity, the models of the family must be noted in accordance with the
requirements described in item 6.1.1.6.1 of this RAC.
9. TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATION
The criteria for transferring certification must follow the requirements set forth in the GDPR.
15. PENALTIES
The criteria for applying penalties must follow the requirements set forth in the GDPR.
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The Conformity Identification Seal must be silk-screened on glass or equivalent technology, provided
that it is permanent and indelible.
The minimum size of the "I" symbol on the Conformity Identification Seal must be at least 5mm.
Figure A.1
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Figure A.2
To indicate the year, 2-digit numbering should be used. Tables A.1 and
A.2 should be checked for the indication of the months.