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Brazilian Conformity Assessment: Focus, Mechanisms, and Results

Learn about the Brazilian system of conformity assessment, including certification, labeling, inspection, and testing. Discover the country's approach to establishing technical regulations and educating the society for conformity assessment. Explore the results of market surveillance and the challenges of educating consumers. Contact Inmetro for more information.

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Brazilian Conformity Assessment: Focus, Mechanisms, and Results

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  1. WTO SEMINAR ON THE DIFFERENT FOCUSES OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE ALFREDO LOBO National Institute of Metrology and Quality-Inmetro Director of Quality

  2. The Approach • Brazilian System of Conformity Assessment • Main Concerns on the Establishment of Technical • Following up Products in the Market • Educating the Society for Conformity Assessment • Regulations

  3. Mechanisms of Conformity Assessment used in Brazil • Certification • Supplier’s Declaration • Labeling • Inspection • Testing

  4. Conformity Assessment - Indicators - • Families of Products with Conformity Assessed Compulsorily 68 • Families of Products with Conformity Assessed Voluntarily  198 • Nº ofISO 9000Certificates issued 18.128 • Nº of ISO 14000 Certificates issued 1.703

  5. Establishing Technical Regulations - Two Main Concerns - • Promote transparency, exemption and impartiality •  Harmonize Stakeholders interests through a technical commission • Regulation Content  not create unnecessary obstacle • to trade •  restricting for health, security • environmental requirements

  6. Following UP Products in the Market • Inspection, executed by police officers • Market surveillance • Following up done by competition (being systematized)

  7. RESULTS - About The Inspection - YEAR 2002 2003 2004 2005 NUMBER OF INSPECTED UNITS 35.676.937 51.409.594 71.501.503 69.227.562 1,41 % 2,71 % 1,24 % 1,46 % IRREGULARITIES

  8. RESULTS - About Market Surveillance - Family Products With Conformity Assessment 14 858 Manufacturers involved Units of Products that were collected for the sampling 17.069 Sales Points where the samples were collected 918 Families Products Tested which Demonstrated the need of improvement in the Conformity Assessment Procedures 6 (among of 14)

  9. Educating the Society For Conformity Assessment • A Great Challenge • Focus • Regulatory Authorities • Manufactories • Consumers

  10. Educating the Society For Conformity Assessment • Use of Identification Stamp of Conformity

  11. Educating the Society For Conformity Assessment • Publication of Folders, Books etc. • Educative Campaigns on TV • Introduction of Conformity Assessment Concepts in the Brazilian Educational System

  12. Educating the Society For Conformity Assessment • Portal of Consumers (www.portaldoconsumidor.gov.br) • Training Multipliers in Education for the Consumption

  13. - Contacts of Inmetro -  Inmetro’s Home Page http://www.inmetro.gov.br  Call Center 0800 285 1818  Questions to Inmetro pergunte@inmetro.gov.br  Consumers Site www.portaldoconsumidor.gov.br

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