Brazilian National Standards Organization

Brazilian standards development organization

Brazilian Technical Standards Association

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas

Abbreviation| ABNT
Formation| 28 September 1940; 84 years ago (1940-09-28)
Purpose| National standards
Headquarters| Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

Region served

| Brazil

Official language

| Portuguese

General director

| Ricardo R. Fragoso
Affiliations| ISO
Website| www.abnt.org.br

The Brazilian Technical Standards Association, 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 and abbreviated NBR.[1]

The ABNT was founded on 28 September 1940.[2][1] It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962.[3][1]

It is a founding member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) and the Asociación Mercosur de Normalización [es; pt] (AMN).

The ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations ISO and IEC and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "ABNT". ISO. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
2. ^ "ABNT - Conheça a ABNT" [ABNT - Meet the ABNT] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-11-16.
3. ^ ""L4150"" [Law No. 4.150 Of 1962-11-26] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-16.

## External links

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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
* Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación
* ASC X9
* AFNOR
* Austrian Standards International
* Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
* 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
* Finnish Standards Association
* ICONTEC
* 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
* Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
* South African Bureau of Standards
* Sri Lanka Standards Institution
* Standardization Administration of China
* Standards Australia
* Standards Council of Canada
* Standards Institute of Israel
* Standards Norway
* Standards New Zealand
* State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy
* Swedish Standards Institute / Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS)
* Swiss Association for Standardization
* Turkish Standards Institution
* UN CEFACT TBG5
* Vinçotte

Related|

* Countries in the International Organization for Standardization
* Information Technology Task Force
* ISO Development Environment
* List of ISO standards
* List of ISO technical committees
* Quality Objectives

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States

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