WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
11February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0490)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
LIST OFSTANDARDIZING BODIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CODE
OFGOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND
APPLICATION OFSTANDARDS
SINCE 1JANUARY 1995
Revision
TheMinisterial Decision onReview oftheISO/IEC Information Centre Publication adopted
inMarrakesh on15April 1994 states thattheCommittee onTechnical Barriers toTrade shall:
"atleastonceayearreview thepublication provided bytheISO/IEC Information Centre on
information received according totheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption
andApplication ofStandards inAnnex 3oftheAgreement, forthepurpose ofaffording
Members opportunity ofdiscussing anymatters relating totheoperation ofthatCode.
"Inorder tofacilitate thisdiscussion, theSecretariat shallprovide alistbyMember ofall
standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theCode, aswellasalistofthose standardizing bodies
thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from theCode since theprevious review."
Attached isalistbyMember ofallstandardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theCode ofGood
Practice since theentry intoforce oftheWTO. Since 1January 1995, 92standardizing bodies from
69Members have accepted theCode ofGood Practice, among them, 42central governmental
standardizing bodies, 43non-governmental standardizing bodies, onestatutory body, twoparastatal
bodies, threenon-governmental regional bodies andonecentral governmental non-governmental body.G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
ARGENTINA IRAM -Instituto Argentino De
Normalizaciónnon-gov. 31July1997
AUSTRALIA Standards Association ofAustralia
(Trading asStandards Australia)non-gov. 20November 1995
AUSTRALIA Australian Communications
Authoritycentral gov. 17October 1997
AUSTRIA ONÖsterreichisches
Normungsinstitut -Austrian
Standards Institutenon-gov. 3June 1996
AUSTRIA Österreichischer Verband für
Elektrotechnik (ÖVE) -Austrian
Electrotechnical Associationnon-gov. 25July1996
BAHRAIN Standards andMetrology
Directorate (BSMD)central gov. 6September 1997
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Standards andTesting
Institution (BSTI)central gov. 8January 1998
BARBADOS Barbados National Standards
Institution (BNSI)non-gov. 6August 1997
BELGIUM Belgian Standardization Institute central gov. 14July1997
BRAZIL Associa çãoBrasileira deNormas
Técnicas (ABNT)non-gov. 31July1995
BULGARIA Committee forStandardization and
Metrology (BDS)central gov. 30December 1996
CHILE Instituto Nacional de
Normalización (INN) -National
Standardization Institutecentral gov. 20September 1995
COLOMBIA Instituto Colombiano deNormas
Técnicas (ICONTEC)non-gov. 31July1995
COSTA RICA Instituto deNormas Técnicas de
Costa Rica (INTECO)non-gov. 19December 1997
CUBA Oficina National deNormalización
(NC) -Cuban National Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 29February 1996
CZECH
REPUBLICCzech Office forStandards,
Metrology andTestingcentral gov. 3July1995
DENMARK Danish Standards Association non-gov. 18March 1996
DOMINICAN
REPUBLICDireccion General deNormas y
Sistemas deCalidad -Digenorcentral gov. 18December 1997
ECUADOR INEN -Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacióncentral gov. 24June 1996G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
EGYPT Egyptian Organization for
Standardization andQuality
Control (EOS)central gov. 12June 1995
ELSALVADOR Consejo Nacional deCiencia y
Tecnologia (CONACYT) -
National Council ofScience and
Technologycentral gov. 27November 1996
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIESEuropean Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI)non-gov.
regional21January 1996
FINLAND Finnish Standards Association SFS non-gov. 3November 1995
FRANCE AFNOR non-gov. 25October 1995
GERMANY DINDeutsches Institut für
Normung e.V.non-gov. 14March 1995
GREECE ELOT -Hellenic Organization for
Standardizationnon-gov. 21November 1997
GRENADA Grenada Bureau ofStandards
(GDBS)central gov. 15August 1997
GUYANA Guyana National Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 23July1997
HONG KONG,
CHINATransport Department ofthe
Government oftheHKSARcentral gov. 28November 1997
HONG KONG,
CHINAOffice oftheTelecommunications
Authoritycentral gov. 17December 1997
HONG KONG,
CHINAHighways Department ofthe
Government oftheHKSARcentral gov. 19December 1997
HUNGARY Hungarian Office for
Standardization (MSZH)central gov. 4August 1995
ICELAND Icelandic Council for
Standardization (STRI)non-gov. 11June 1997
INDIA Bureau ofIndian Standards statutory 19December 1995
INDONESIA Dewan Standardisasi Nasional
(DSN)- Standardization Council of
Indonesiacentral gov.
non-gov.18October 1995
ITALY UNIItalian National Standards
Bodynon-gov. 7September 1995
ITALY CEI-Italian Electrotechnical
Committeenon-gov. 17October 1995
ISRAEL Standards Institution ofIsrael (SII) non-gov. 14May 1997
JAMAICA Jamaica Bureau ofStandards (JBS) central gov. 12April 1996G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
JAPAN Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry
andFisheriescentral gov. 24April 1996
JAPAN FairTrade Commission central gov. 25April 1996
JAPAN Ministry ofInternational Trade
andIndustrycentral gov. 7May 1996
JAPAN Japanese Industrial Standards
Committee (JISC)central gov. 25June 1996
JAPAN Japan Environment Association
(JEA)non-gov. 10July1997
KENYA Kenya Bureau ofStandards parastatal 22November 1995
MALAWI Malawi Bureau ofStandards parastatal 25November 1996
MALAYSIA Industrial andIndustrial Research
Institute ofMalaysia (SIRIM)central gov. 25July1995
MEXICO Directorate-General ofStandards
(DGN) oftheMinistry ofTrade
andIndustrial Developmentcentral gov. 30May 1997
MONGOLIA Mongolian National Centre for
Standardization andMetrologycentral gov. March 1997
MOROCCO Service deNormalisation
Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA) -
Moroccan Industrial
Standardization Servicecentral gov. 21July1997
MOZAMBIQUE Instituto Nacional deNormaliza ção
eQualidade (INNOQ) -National
Institute ofStandardization and
Qualitynon-gov. 27June 1997
NETHERLANDS Dutch Standardization Institute non-gov. 1February 1996
NEW ZEALAND Standards New Zealand non-gov. 20June 1995
NEW ZEALAND Environment Choice New Zealand
(onbehalf ofMinistry of
Environment)central gov. 20November 1997
NORWAY Norges Standardiseringsforbund non-gov. 7May 1996
NORWAY Norsk Electroteknisk Komite
(NEK) -Norwegian
Electrotechnical Committeenon-gov. 10July1997
PERU Comisión deReglamentos
Técnicos yComerciales -Instituto
deDefensa delaCompetencia y
delaPropiedad Intelectualcentral gov. 8June 1995G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
PHILIPPINES Bureau ofProduct Standards central gov. 8March 1995
POLAND Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny
(PKN) -Polish Committee for
Standardizationnon-gov. 1August 1996
ROMANIA Institutul Roman deStandardizare
-Romanian Standards Institutecentral gov. 19April 1995
SENEGAL Institut Sénégalais de
Normalisation (ISN) -Ministère de
l'Energie, desMines etde
l'Industriecentral gov. 31December 1995
SINGAPORE Singapore Institute ofStandards
andIndustrial Research (SISIR)central gov. 2March 1995
SLOVAK
REPUBLICSlovak Office ofStandards,
Metrology andTesting (UNMS
SR)central gov. 12September 1995
SLOVENIA Standards andMetrology Institute
(SMIS)central gov. 5February 1996
SOUTH AFRICA South African Bureau ofStandards non-gov. 14April 1995
SPAIN Asociación Española de
Normalización yCertificación
(AENOR) -Spanish
Standardization andCertification
Associationnon-gov. 20May 1996
SRILANKA SriLanka Standards Institution central gov. 15July1997
SWEDEN BST-Byggstandardiseringen -
Swedish Building Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 3July1996
SWEDEN Allamänna
Standardiseringensgruppen, STG -
Swedish General Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 5July1996
SWEDEN ITS-Informationstekniska
standardiseringen -Swedish
Information Technology
Standardizationnon-gov. 19July1996
SWEDEN MMS -Material- och
Mekanstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Materials andMechanical
Standards Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
SWEDEN HSS-Hälso- och
sjukvardsstandardiseringen -
Swedish Healthcare Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996
SWEDEN Svenska Elektriska Kommissionen
-Swedish Electrotechnical
Commissionnon-gov. 9September 1996
SWEDEN TKS -Tryckkärkstandardiseringen
-Swedish Pressure Vessel
Standardizationnon-gov. 9September 1996
SWEDEN IKH-Kran- och
Hisstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Crane- andLift
Standardizationnon-gov. 19September 1996
SWEDEN SIS-Swedish Standards Institution non-gov. 30September 1996
SWITZERLAND Swiss Electrotechnical Committee
(CES)non-gov. 22November 1995
SWITZERLAND ProTelecom, Association Suisse
desTélécommunicationsnon-gov. 13December 1995
SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Normen-
Vereinigung (SNV) -Swiss
Association forStandardizationnon-gov. 12February 1996
TANZANIA Tanzania Bureau ofStandards central gov. 11August 1997
THAILAND Thai Industrial Standards Institute
(TISI)central gov. 31October 1995
TRINIDAD and
TOBAGOTrinidad andTobago Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 25March 1996
TUNISIA National Standardization and
Industrial Property Institute
(INNORPI)central gov. 2June 1995
TURKEY Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü -
Turkish Standards Institutionnon-gov. 6March 1996
UGANDA Uganda National Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 30July1997
UNITED
KINGDOMBritish Standards Institution non-gov. 11March 1997
UNITED STATES American National Standards
Institute, Inc.(ANSI)non-gov. 29September 1997
URUGUAY Instituto Uruguayo deNormas
Técnicas (UNIT)non-gov. 12September 1997G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.4
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
VENEZUELA Comisión Venezolana deNormas
Industriales (COVENIN) -
Venezuelan Commission for
Industrial Standardscentral gov. 14May 1996
WESTERN
EUROPEEuropean Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization
(CENELEC)non-gov.
regional10July1996
WESTERN
EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES (EU
andEFTA
countries)European Committee for
Standardizationnon-gov.
regional25April 1996
ZIMBABWE Standards Association of
Zimbabwenon-gov. 10January 1996
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