Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Luiz Cláudio de Oliveira Pereira National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality Inmetro - Brazil MARKET SURVEILLANCE ON CONFORMITY ASSESSED PRODUCTS The Brazilian Experience Bratislava, October

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Market Surveillance on Conformity Assessed Products Conformity Assessment Mechanisms used in the Brazilian System of Conformity Assessment - SBAC:  Certification  Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity  Labeling  Testing  Inspection

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Market Surveillance on Conformity Assessed Products In Brazil, there are two ways to follow up compulsorily conformity assessed products in the market and they both are run by INMETRO:  Inspection (based on the package information checking)  Conformity Checking (based on the product intrinsical analysis)

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Market Surveillance on Conformity Assessed Products  Inspection: RBMLQ

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Market Surveillance on Conformity Assessed Products Definition: It is the verification of the permanence of the conformity of a product to the specified requirements, with the intention of proving the effectiveness of the Conformity Assessment Program, as well as the continuous improvement of the Program, with less costs to the society.  Conformity Checking:

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Market Surveillance on Conformity Assessed Products It means to periodically collect samples of conformity assessed products available in the place of their sale in order to verify whether they maintain the characteristics based upon which they were granted a license to bear the conformity mark. The follow-up on the market, by means of this action, bears a preventive character.  Conformity Checking:

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy Conformity Checking Stages: Conformity Checking Annual Plan SBAC agents meeting (INMETRO, RBMLQ, RBLE, Certification Bodies, Manufacturers) Market Survey by INMETRO RBMLQ collects the products RBLE assays the products INMETRO consolidates the results INMETRO defines the improvement or corrective actions within SBAC System Feedback

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Event Name mm/dd/yyyy To subcontract private institutions to handle the operational phase on Conformity Checking. That stage is responsible for the major effort on the process; Market Surveillance by Sectoral Agents (new process under implementation).

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