The citizen as the regulator: approaches to empowering citizens and consumers

Inspection Reform: Breaking Down Barriers to Trade and Investment

Gustavo KusterConformity Assessment Directory, Inmetro

London

Some information and data about Brazil

• Population: 192 Million

• Surface: 8,5 Million Km2

• Gross Domestic Product – GDP: 2,48 Trillion of US$

• 32 Regulatory Authorities at Federal Level

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Mission: To provide confidence in measurements and products

Some information and data about Inmetro

Federal Autarchy

Employees: 2.100, with 216 Ph.D.

Budget: US$ 400 Million

Fields of Regulation: product safety and disloyal trade practices

Building up consumer participation

Regulatory Agenda

specific surveys with different industrial sectors and different consumer associations

statistics of some databases

consumer complaint about products registered in Inmetro’s Ombudsman

Building up consumer participation

Regulatory Impact Analysis

real problem

cost and benefits

issued for public consultation

Building up consumer participation

Regulation

technical committee

establisment of requerements

different sectors of the society

Some data about Inmetro’s activities as regulator

• Number of Technical Regulations established: 197

• Number of Products Regulated : 544

• Number of regulations under development : 39

• Number of regulations under revision : 61

• Number of Technical Committees 35

Inmetro’s activities as a regulatory authority follow the Brazilian Code of Good Regulatory Practices, approved by a Council, following ISO/CASCO and WTO recommendations.

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