The Brazilian Technical Standards Association (, ABNT) is a private

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and the normative body which is responsible for

technical standard A technical standard is an established Social norm, norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and producti ...

s in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

, and intends to promote technological development in the country. Brazilian national standards published by the association are named and abbreviated NBR. ABNT was founded on 28 September 1940. It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962. It is a founding member of the

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ...

(ISO), the (COPANT), and the (AMN). ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations

ISO The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Me ...

and IEC and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN.

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* Electrical safety standards organizations ISO member bodies 1940 establishments in Brazil Organisations based in Rio de Janeiro (city) Organisations based in São Paulo Standards organisations in Brazil {{standard-stub