Following the approval of Resolution 715 of October 23, 2019, on February 29, 2024, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) issued Public Consultation No. 13 on the reassessment of the Regulations on Conformity Assessment and Approval of Telecommunication Products. This public consultation concerns the proposed amendments to the Brazilian Regulation on Conformity Assessment and Approval of Telecommunications Products. The current regulations are designed to speed up the approval process and improve the flexibility of approval, but there are also some problems that need to be improved in light of the actual situation. The proposed amendments aim to adapt the regulation to technological advances, address piracy and e-commerce, expand eligibility for approval, and reduce barriers for importers. Previously, the certification of refurbished products was exempt, but this draft mentions that refurbished products are allowed to be certified, but must include a logo to distinguish them from products manufactured in ordinary processes.

Click this link to view the original public consultation and comments until 15 April 2024.

On November 21, 2023, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL)  published the official letter 429/2023/ORCN/ SOR-ANATEL. The letter formalizes ANATEL's requirement that all test reports, whether done in Brazil or abroad, must follow and meet the requirements of Act 4083, including traceability information.

Under Act No. 7280, ANATEL accepts reports from foreign laboratories for certain products, such as non-RF network switches, optical line terminals (OLTs), digital multiplexers, coaxial cables, certain types of fiber optic cables, satellite transceivers, etc., for business/industrial use. Section 6.3.1.5 of Act 4083 stipulates that before starting testing, the manufacturer or applicant must formally communicate the following information to the Designated Certification Body (OCD):

• the manufacturing unit that produced the sample, and
• the traceability of the sample submitted for testing.

According to the requirements of the letter, from now on foreign laboratories must be approved by the OCD before they can begin testing.

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On March 7, 2023, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) published Bill No. 2436 on its website. The purpose of the Act is to establish a mandatory set of enforceable minimum cybersecurity requirements (password strength, data sharing, vulnerability updates, etc.) to assess the compliance of the following user-end devices for general public use that connect users to Internet services. Typical equipment includes modems, routers, and wireless access points.

The new regulations will come into force on March 10, 2024. Click on this link to view the original document.

The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) issued Ato 13011/2023 on September 1, 2023, again postponing the execution of Ato 5159/2022. According to Act 13423/2022, the mandatory date for Ato 5159 is 21 October 2023, while according to the newly published Ato 13011/2023, power adapters used by mobile phones can still be tested and evaluated with Ato 3481/2019 until 18 April 2024. ATO 13011/2023 has come into effect on September 4, 2023.

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