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The Directorate of Scientific Metrology and Technology (DIMCI) employs 205 people (21.9% of the total), the Directorate of Legal Metrology employs 100 people (10.68% of the total), the General Commission of Accreditation (CGCRE) has 70 employees and the Directorate of Conformity Assessment has 50 employees.4 3.3 ABNT The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, the national standardisation bo. [...] RBMLQ-I is the executive arm of INMETRO throughout the Brazilian territory, executing the verifica- tions and inspections related to the measurement instruments and the regulated material measures, and the control of the accuracy of the quantitative indications of the pre-packaged products, following the legislation in force. [...] The reform project of the regulatory system is guided by the models of regulation of consumer prod- ucts, in particular those of the European Union and the United States. [...] A milestone for the development of today’s quality infrastructure was the signing of the CIPM MRA in October 1999, and the signing of the first Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) of IAF in August 1999 by the accreditation body (INMETRO-CGCRE) for the accreditation of product and management system certification bodies. [...] CAINT supported the Directorate of Scientific Metrology in participating in SIM and BIPM meetings (and Codex Alimentarius co-ordination), the Directorate of Legal Metrology in OIML meetings; the Directorate of Conformity Assessment in meetings with the regulatory authorities in the US, the European Union and America; and accreditation co-ordination at meetings of IAAC, ILAC and the IAF; and also t.