Brazilian National Standards Organization

Brazilian National Standards Organization
Abbreviation	ABNT
Formation	28 September 1940; 84 years ago
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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ABNT". ISO. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
^ "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

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[:0-1] "ABNT". ISO. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[2] "ABNT - Conheça a ABNT" [ABNT - Meet the ABNT] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-11-16.

[L4150-3] ""L4150"" [Law No. 4.150 Of 1962-11-26] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-16.

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