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WORKING SUBGROUP N3 Technical Regulation and
Conformity Assessment
Fernando Goulart INMETRO
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SINMETRO Public and Private organizations

• Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
• Environmental
• Employment
• Health
• Science and Technology
• Foreign Affairs
• Justice
• Agriculture, Cattle and Supply
• Defense.

CONMETRO Council of Ministers
INMETRO Executive Body
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CONMETRO Normative Body of SINMETRO
Ministers Council
CBN
CBM
CBAC
CCAB
CBTC
New!
CBR
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MERCOSUR NEGOTIATIONS ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO
TRADE
MERCOSUR IN NUMBERS
Brazilian Exports Participation
Growth Comparatives between 2005/December and
2004/December.
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MERCOSUR IN NUMBERS
TRADE
In World Trade 2 participation
In the Latin American Trade 30 participation
In the South American Trade 60 participation
EXPORTS
MERCOSUR World Exports (in thousand dollars
f.o.b.)
Source ALADI, Sistema Integral de Información,
Versión 3.00, December 2003
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MERCOSUL STRUCTURE
Decision Making Bodies
Parliamentary Representative Body
Consultive Body
MERCOSUR Secretariant
Supporting and Technical Body
MERCOSUR Secretariant
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MERCOSUR THE WORKING SUBGROUP N3 (SGT Nº 3)

• Coordinated nationwide by Inmetro
• Seeks to eliminate possible technical barriers
• Also represents the TBT Agreement on negotiations
  between Mercosur and EU, ALCA, ALADI, IBAS,
  41(USA)
• Within the Mercosur structure, there are
  currently 14 working subgroups
• it is made up by the following commissions
  Metrology, Security of Electrical Products
  Conformity Assessment Toys, Vehicular Natural
  Gas Food and Automotive Industry.

The Subgroup Nº 3 establishes similar parameters
for the member-states. So far, more than 264
Technical Regulations were harmonized.
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THE WORKING SUBGROUP N3 (SGT Nº 3) STRUCTURE
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SGT Nº 3 MERCOSUR WORKING PROGRAM
Supporting commerce intra-zone
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INMETRO SGT Nº 3/MERCOSUR
Relationship with others Mercosur Working
Subgroups
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