Sin ttulo de diapositiva

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COPANT COMISION PANAMERICANA DE NORMAS
TECNICAS CT- 151 ELECTROTECNIA
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COPANTS ORIGINMontevideo 1961
Argentina Instituto Argentino de Normalización
IRAM Brasil Associaçao Brasileira de Normas
Técnicas ABNT Chile Instituto Nacional de
Normalización INN United States of
America American National Standards Institute
ANSI México Dirección General de Normas
DGN Uruguay Instituto Uruguayo de Normas
Técnicas UNIT
Funding members
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COPANT Standards
CURRENT DECREASE OF THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE
STANDARDIZATION COMMITTEES

• Laboratories Accreditation
• Certification of conformance
• Quality Management Systems
• Environmental issues
• Metrology
• Safety and work environment
• Fire safety
• Physical environment accessibility
• Containers
• Touristic Services
• Toys

Standardization works performed so far includes
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COPANT AND ALCA
WORKING GROUP 4 TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
As regards to standardization To strength
COPANTs role, aiming for the regional
harmonization of standards, and to support
COPANTs interaction with other regional and
international standardization forums
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COPANT CT-151
Creation 1999, COPANTS Council meeting in
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Members UNIT (Uruguay), INTECO (Costa Rica),
IBNORCA (Bolivia), INN (Chile), NC (Cuba), ABNT
(Brasil), FONDONORMA (Venezuela), DGN (Mexico),
IRAM (Argentina), ICONTEC (Colombia) SCC
(Canada), JBS (Jamaica), AENOR (Spain)
P members
O members
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COPANT CT-151
Scope Develop Pan-American Standards of interest
for the region in the Electrotechnical
field Mission Develop Pan-American Standards for
the Electrotechnical field, considering the needs
of the countries in the region, as well as
supporting their inclusion in the IEC
Standards Vision To achieve an overall production
of the Electrotechnical products in the region
according to the models, specifications and
principles established in the
Pan-American Standards
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COPANT CT-151
Secretariat Assigned to DGN (Mexico) with the
support of ANCE

• Work Performed so far

• A lot of planning, which included
• The development of forms and a reliable
  codification
• The selection of the initial issues to be
  standardized
• The best way to start the works
• The circulation of the first set of drafts for
  comments on LOW TENSION FUSES

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COPANT CT-151 and CANENA
Participation so far Rafael Navas participation
in Cartagena de Indias, giving place to the
Council Resolution C20/99 Birth of COPANT CT-151
But... How about the future?
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A COMON REALITY WITHIN A CONTINENT
NAFTA
CARICOM
MERCOCEN
FORMER ANDINE COMUNITY
MERCOSUR
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COPANT CT-151 and CANENA

• Strategy
• To make the best out of every forum in order to
  prevent unnecessary conflicts and achieve results
• Path forward
• Identify key issues that may either result in a
  not-easy-to- resolve conflict and also the good
  opportunities for harmonization
• Develop a respectful and useful program for the
  ongoing and future works of CANENA
• Look into new harmonization possibilities (i.e.
  within the electronical field)
• To enhance participation in CANENA, to make it
  stronger and consistent with its new name... You
  know what I mean...

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Carlos R. Berzunza Sánchez International Affairs
Director Dirección General de Normas (DGN) Tel.
52 5 7 29 94 80 Fax. [phone]
84 E-mailcberzunz_at_economia.gob.mx DGN in
Internet www.economia.gob.mx/normas COPANT in
Internet www.copant.org