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.
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.