The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, usually rendered in
Portuguese as Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) is a private
non-profit organization and the normative body which is responsible for
technical standards in
Brazil, and intends to promote
technological development in the country. Brazilian national standards published by the association are named ''Norma Brasileira Regulamentadora'' and abbreviated NBR.
ABNT was founded in 1940.
It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962.
It is a founding member of the ''
International Organization for Standardization'' (ISO), the
Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) and the
Asociación Mercosur de Normalización (AMN).
ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations
ISO and
IEC
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and r ...
and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN.
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Electrical safety standards organizations
ISO member bodies
1940 establishments in Brazil
Organisations based in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Organisations based in São Paulo
Standards organisations in Brazil
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