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Tax of IPEM-SP and seizing banned automotive seat for children

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Two arrests and two bans were the result of "Operation retainer for Kids" held this Wednesday, April 8, the Institute of Weights and Measures of the State of São Paulo (IPEM-SP), local authority linked to the Department of Justice .

The teams visited 28 sites in the districts of pine, Brás, Jabaquara, Santo Amaro and municipalities of Diadema and Osasco and Mauá. Monitoring products such as 354-seat comfort and babies used to transport children in vehicles. Since April 1, these products can not be marketed without the seal of security certification from the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Inmetro).

In the neighborhood of Brás, the shop I Peres & Cia, Rua Maria Marcolina 380/384, had a seat by the brand Chicco perceived lack of seal of Inmetro and the Shops of the American Shopping Plaza Sul, Jabaquara, where the chair Brand Tutti Baby do not bear the stamp required.

The retailers have 15 days to submit the document to identify the tax origin of the product. After that will be reported and the manufacturer or importer. From there, those involved will have ten days to present the defense department's Legal IPEM, which define the penalty, ranging from warnings to fines of $ 100 to U.S. $ 50 mil. If traders do not have the invoice, take full responsibility for the violation.

In the Baby store Petit, on Avenue of Autonomy, 1818, in Osasco, Sao Paulo Grand, two products that have been prohibited had the seal of the Inmetro, but did not have a mandatory sentence "if the product has been subjected to violent effort in an accident , replace it immediately. " In this case the product had prohibited their sale to be corrected, but in custody of the shopkeeper.

The monitoring of such products already became part of the normal routine of monitoring IPEM, since the implementation of the standard, along with 63 other items which certification is compulsory.

The certification of these products by means Inmetro security guarantee at the time of purchase. To obtain the certification and get to have the seal of the Inmetro, the product must be approved samples in all tests specified by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). The trials test the effectiveness of restraint systems in case of impact, rollover, corrosion resistance, ease of adjusting the device, Microslip, opening of the closing under load, and locking of the retractor reenrolamento, among others.

No seal shall bear the mark of Inmetro of the certificates for products, responsible for testing, accompanied by the identification number (OCP-XXXX), the number and year of the technical standard NBR 14400/1999, no. the number of seal, and no. the authorization for the use of the seal.


To believe a body certifying the Inmetro recognizes that this is technically competent to perform conformity assessment of a product according to the rules. After accreditation, the Inmetro the product on the market, conducts periodic checks (samples taken from the market following the completion of tests in laboratories) and improves the program where necessary.


The conformity assessment programs developed by Inmetro focuses on the health and safety of citizens and protection of the environment. Currently there are 63 products for which certification is compulsory. This is the case, beyond the hand-holds of toys, children's bikes, helmets, condoms, alcohol and packs of matches, electrical appliances, among others. The full list of items can be found at the site Inmetro.

TIPS

Besides the seal of the Inmetro, consumers should be aware of the information required to be included in the retainer (baby comfort, seat or seat-lift). They are: company name or fancy name of the manufacturer or importer; address of the manufacturer or importer, month and year of manufacture; mass groups (classified according to weight, height and age of the child) of the retainer, the model designation license, the words: "If this product has been subjected to violent effort in an accident, replace it immediately."
 

 



Source: IPEM SP

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