Brazilian National Standards Organization

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.^[1] It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962.^[2]

It is a founding member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) and the Associação Mercosul de Normalização (AMN).

ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations ISO and IEC and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN.

References

↑ "ABNT - Conheça a ABNT" [ABNT - Meet the ABNT] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-11-16.
↑ ""L4150"" [Law No. 4.150 Of 1962-11-26] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-16.

External links

http://www.abnt.org.br/

International Organization for Standardization
Specifications‎	ISO/PAS 28007:2012 ISO/TS 80004
Technical reports	ISO/IEC TR 12182
Member bodies	Algerian Institute of Standardization American National Standards Institute ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación ASC X9 AFNOR Austrian Standards Institute Brazilian National Standards Organization BSI Group Bureau of Normalization Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation Deutsches Institut für Normung Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione ICONTEC Indian Register Quality Systems Badan Standardisasi Nasional Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran Japanese Industrial Standards Committee Kenya Bureau of Standards Korean Agency for Technology and Standards Korean Standards Association National Standards Authority of Ireland South African Bureau of Standards Standardization Administration of China Standards Australia Standards Council of Canada Standards Institute of Israel Standards Norway State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy Swedish Standards Institute Swiss Association for Standardization UN CEFACT TBG5 Vinçotte
Related	AB-CAB Countries in the International Organization for Standardization Information Technology Task Force ISO Development Environment List of International Organization for Standardization standards List of International Organization for Standardization technical committees Quality Objectives

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 134585169 LCCN: n80107173 GND: 5307290-X

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