In July, Javier García, the Technical Deputy Chairman of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), participated in the round table organized by ABINEE, the Brazilian Association of the Electrical and Electronic Industry, and INMETRO, the Brazilian standards body, to analyse regulatory convergence and conformity assessment of electrical and electronic products between Europe and Latin America.
With representation from Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay, in addition to Brazil and the European Union, the region's commitment to IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards was highlighted as the main reference for its regulatory development and related conformity assessment mechanisms.
Brazilian authorities, in collaboration with industry, are redesigning the regulatory model by using as a reference the new European legislative framework, based on European standards developed mainly by the IEC in collaboration with industry and the corresponding conformity assessment processes. A time frame of two years is planned for the implementation of this change in the regulatory model.
From now on, the need to design technical cooperation mechanisms jointly between CENELEC (and the IEC) and the European Commission is will be proposed as a way of strengthening the relevance of IEC standards and conformity assessment processes.
