Brazilian National Standards Organization

Brazilian National Standards Organization
Abbreviation	ABNT
Formation	28 September 1940
Purpose	National standards
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Region served	Brazil
Official language	Portuguese
General director	Ricardo R. Fragoso
Affiliations	ISO
Website	abnt.org.br

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.^[1]

ABNT was founded in 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 (COPANT) and the (AMN).

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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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[]

Official Website

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^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.

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

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