The surge arrester is the main protection equipment of the power transformers and power transmission lines, which are present throughout the country, protecting them from lightnings and overvoltage, avoiding large equipment failures and a relatively high cost for the power companies. The arrester must obtain conformity and certification regarding the quality of the material and its safety features, and one of the performance verification tests is based on the response to current impulses. However, to realize these performance tests it is necessary to have a measurement system accredited to perform this type of test, with accuracy and traceability of the standard transducers, that is, uncertainty levels within acceptable limits according to IEC 62475:2010. The Brazilian National Institute of Metrology ( INMETRO) does not have a Reference Measuring System (RMS) that can be used in the inspection and accreditation of laboratories that will perform as a Approved Measuring System, giving traceability and conformity to the electrical current transducers standards (Shunts or CTs), so as to produce reliable and safe equipments. Thus, this dissertation surveys the traceability levels and the normative and structural landscape regadring current impulse tests based on IEC 62475:2010.