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Brazilian Experience with Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

Learn about the Brazilian system of conformity assessment and the use of supplier's declaration in various sectors. Explore the mechanisms, results, and market surveillance practices. Discover how this approach ensures compliance and facilitates trade.

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Brazilian Experience with Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

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  1. TBT WORKSHOP ON SUPPLIER’S DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY THE BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE ALFREDO LOBO National Institute of Metrology and Quality-Inmetro Director of Quality

  2. Organization and Management of the Activity of Conformity Assessment • Systemically managed • Brazilian System of Conformity Assessment • Policies and Guidelines Established by a National Council • The National Institute of Metrology and Quality - Inmetro is the manager of conformity assessment program and official accreditation body

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

  4. Following UP Products in the Market • Inspection, executed by police officers • Market surveillance

  5. The Brazilian Experience With Supplier’s Declaration • Field of Application • How it is used

  6. The Brazilian Experience With Supplier’s Declaration • Sectors Using Suppliers Declaration • Disposable cigarette lighters • Installation of Vehicular Natural Gas Systems • Angle Iron Made of Hot-rolled Steel • Welded or Seamless, carbon or micro alloyed steel

  7. Results Obtained By Following up the Product in the Market • Objectives • Analysis Methodology • Treatment of the Results

  8. Results Obtained By Following up the Product in the Market Market Surveillance – Supplier’s Declaration Results Nome of the ProductNon Conformity Disposable cigarette lighter 0% Installation VNG System 14,1% Angle Iron made of hot-rolled steel 0%

  9. Summarizing • i )The reasons and factor taken into account when deciding to apply suppliers declaration of conformity in a particular sector are: • - products or services embedding medium to low risk to • the health or safety of the consumer and environment. • - Regulated field • - The history of quality as well as the maturity of the • consumer relations in the sector • - The related costs

  10. Summarizing • ii)Suppliers declaration can be used alone or combined with third party assessment • iii)The international standard ISO/IEC 17050-1, Conformity Assessment – Suppliers Declaration of Conformity is taken into account • iv)We have some basic institutional and legislative infrastructured, mainly the consumer’s protection national law

  11. Summarizing • v) The compliance is ensured by following up products in the market • - One is inspection, executed by police officers • - The second is the market surveillance program, with • preventive characteristic • vi) We don’t have any experience related with the use of supplier declaration of conformity in developed country facilitating imports from Brazil

  12. Final Considerations • Experiment of using supplier’s Declaration in Brazil has been extremely positive • Results are similar to those observed in the international practices • As in third-party assessments, it has been detected a trend of higher incidence of non conformities in services when compared to products

  13. Final Considerations • The results of the programs to follow up products in the market are already being used in the improvement of the conformity assessment programs • The police of gradual implementation shall be continued

  14. Thank WTO’s Technical Barriers to Trade Committee

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