# INMETRO Mark — Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences

For INMETRO Mark, market / system is Brazil; applies to is medical electrical equipment, ballasts and equipment used in hazardous locations; mandatory / voluntary is mandatory in Brazil, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Designation:** INMETRO Mark _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Market / system:** Brazil _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** medical electrical equipment, ballasts and equipment used in hazardous locations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Mandatory / voluntary:** mandatory in Brazil _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Certification of certain product groups, such as medical electrical equipment, ballasts and equipment used in hazardous locations, is mandatory in Brazil with accreditation indicated by the INMETRO Mark.

## Source

- https://www.belfuse.com/resource-library/tech-paper/power-supply-safety-standards-agencies-and-marks

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
Part of [Certification marks and hazardous-area classifications: cross-market equivalences](https://referencesource.org/certification-standards-equivalence/).