IGA - Certification body

of gas and electrical products/services

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We develop activities throughout the country, maintaining permanent contact with international organizations, especially with those that are part of MERCOSUR, in order to promote the evolution of technologies towards safety and quality, proposing the development or modification of standards and technical specifications.

HISTORY

Our Institution is the first entity recognized in the Argentine Republic by the Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas (ENARGAS), like Certification Body under Res. ENARGAS 138/95, with Certification Organization Registration Number (ROC) 001. It also has its own testing laboratory. We were pioneers in accrediting our laboratory according to ISO25 guidelines by the Canadian Gas Association and later in accrediting by the OAA the Certification of products under the framework of Res. ENARGAS 138/95, which was later adapted to the certification scheme established by Res. ENARGAS 56/2019, maintaining the IGA laboratory for gas product testing. We are also part, as advisors of ENARGAS in the private sector, of the SGT N°3 commission of MERCOSUR.

We are registered in the REGISTRY OF SAFETY AUDITING COMPANIES according to SECRETARY OF ENERGY RES. 419/93 and its amendments, later replaced by SECRETARY OF ENERGY RES. 414/2021 with registration number 04-414-2022 (for categories C1, C2 and C3).

In addition, we have been recognized by means of Provision No. 1044/99 of the NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF DOMESTIC TRADE like Certification Body for Electrical Safety in gas equipment according to the scheme established by Resolution No. 92/98-SICYM, replaced by SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Res. 508/2015 and then by SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Res. 169/2018 and its Complementary Resolutions. Scheme that is also accredited by the OAA.

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QUALITY

IGA acts under the concepts of quality management, aimed at the satisfaction of external and internal customers, permanently seeking to improve the quality of the services offered. Among the activities developed by the Quality Area are:

  • Evaluate and supervise the quality systems of manufacturers and importers
  • Drawing up technical specifications for products not covered by current regulations
  • Training courses
  • Research and develop new operating procedures and methods
  • Conduct comparative studies of international standards in order to make recommendations for updating national standards
  • Maintain and permanently update IGA's Quality System in compliance with the guidelines of ISO/IEC 17065, 17025 and 17020
  • Apply statistical methods for Quality Management
  • Evaluate suppliers and third-party testing laboratories
  • Attend to claims and complaints made by users, manufacturers, installers and gas distribution companies

MISSION: The activities developed by the IGA include the following items:

  • Evaluate and supervise the quality systems of manufacturers and importers
  • Drawing up technical specifications for products not covered by current regulations
  • Training courses
  • Research and develop new operating procedures and methods
  • Conduct comparative studies of international standards in order to make recommendations for updating national standards
  • Maintain and permanently update IGA's Quality System in compliance with the guidelines of ISO/IEC 17065, 17025 and 17020
  • Apply statistical methods for Quality Management
  • Evaluate suppliers and third-party testing laboratories
  • To attend to claims and complaints formulated by users, manufacturers, installers and gas distribution companies