WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
4 March 2004 
 (04-0972) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
   
 
LIST OF STANDARDIZING BODIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CODE 
OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND 
APPLICATION OF STANDARDS 
SINCE 1 JANUARY 1995 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 The Ministerial Decision on the Review of the ISO/IEC Information Centre Publication 
adopted in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 states that  the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 
shall:    
"at least once a year review the publication provided by the ISO/IEC Information Centre on 
information received according to the Code of  Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption 
and Application of Standards in Annex 3 of the Agreement, for the purpose of affording 
Members opportunity of discussing any matters relating to the operation of that Code. 
 
In order to facilitate this discussion, the Secr etariat shall provide a list by Member of all 
standardizing bodies that have accepted the C ode, as well as a list of those standardizing 
bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the previous review." 
  The following table contains a list, by Member , of all standardizing bodies that have accepted 
the Code of Good Practice since the entry into force of the WTO.  Since 1 January 1995, 142 
standardizing bodies from 103 Members have accept ed the Code of Good Practice, among them, 73  
central governmental standardizing bodies, 60 non- governmental standardizing bodies, two statutory 
bodies, two parastatal bodies, three non-governmental regional bodies, one central governmental/non-governmental bod y, and one autonomous body. This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
ALBANIA Directorate of  Standardization and 
Quality (DSC) central gov. 4 August 1997 
ARGENTINA Instituto Argentino De 
Normalización (IRAM) non-gov. 31 July 1997 
AUSTRALIA Standards Association of Australia 
(Trading as Standards Australia) non-gov. 20 November 1995 
AUSTRALIA Australian Communications 
Authority (ACA) central gov. 17 October 1997 
AUSTRALIA Australia Communications Industry 
Forum Limited (ACIF) non-gov. 12 February 1998 
AUSTRALIA Australia Gas Association (AGA)  non-gov. 28 May 1998 
AUSTRALIA Australian Forestry Standard 
Steering Committee  non-gov. 24 August 2001 
AUSTRIA  Österreichisches Normungsinstitut – 
Austrian Standards Institute (ON) non-gov. 3 June 1996 
AUSTRIA Österreichischer Verband für 
Elektrotechnik- Austrian 
Electrotechnical As sociation  (ÖVE) non-gov. 25 July 1996 
BAHRAIN Standards and Metrology Directorate 
(BSMD) central gov. 6 September 1997 
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Standards and Testing 
Institution (BSTI) central gov. 8 January 1998 
BARBADOS Barbados National Standards 
Institution (BNSI) non-gov. 6 August 1997 
BELGIUM Belgian Standardization Institute 
(IBN) central gov. 14 July 1997 
BENIN Beninese Centre for Standardization 
and Quality Management 
(CEBENOR)  central gov. 20 February 2002  
BOLIVIA Instituto Boliv iano de Normalizacion 
y Calidad (IBNORCA) non-gov. 31 March 1999 
BOTSWANA Botswana Bureau of Standards 
(BOBS) non.gov. 17 August 1999 
BRAZIL Associação Brasileira de Normas 
Técnicas (ABNT) non-gov. 31 July 1995 
BULGARIA Committee for Standardization and 
Metrology (BDS) central gov. 30 December 1996 
CANADA Standards Council of Canada (SCC) central gov. 23 September 1999  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
CHILE Instituto Nacional de Normalización 
- National Standardization Institute 
(INN) central gov. 20 September 1995 
CHINA  State Administration of China for 
Standardization (SACS) central gov. 4 April 2002 
COLOMBIA Instituto Colombiano de Normas 
Técnicas (ICONTEC) non-gov. 31 July 1995 
COSTA RICA Instituto de Normas Técnicas de 
Costa Rica (INTECO) non-gov. 19 December 1997 
CÔTE D'IVOIRE Côte d'Ivoire Normalisation 
(CODINORM) non-gov. 19 November 2001 
CROATIA State Office fo r Standardization and 
Metrology (DZNM) central gov. 28 October 1998 
CUBA Oficina National de Normalización – 
Cuban National Bureau of Standards (NC) central gov. 29 February 1996 
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Standards Institute (CSNI) non-gov. CSNI took over from 
COSMT in March 1998 
(COSMT had accepted the Code on 3 July 1995)  
DENMARK Danish Standards Association (DS) non-gov. 18 March 1996 
DOMINICA Dominica Bureau of Standards 
(DBOS) central gov. 13 September 2000 
DOMINICAN 
REPUBLIC Dirección General de Normas y 
Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) central gov. 18 December 1997 
ECUADOR Instituto Ecuatoriano de 
Normalización (INEN) central gov. 24 June 1996 
EGYPT Egyptian Organization for 
Standardization and Quality Control 
(EOS) central gov. 12 June 1995 
EL SALVADOR Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y 
Tecnologia – National Council of 
Science and Technology 
(CONACYT) central gov. 27 November 1996 
ESTONIA National Standards Board of Estonia 
(EVS) central gov. 30 July 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES European Telecommunications 
Standards Institute (ETSI)  non-gov.  
regional 21 January 1996 
EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES1 European Committee for 
Electrotechnical Standardization 
(CENELEC)  non-gov.  
regional 10 July 1996 
EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES2 European Committee for 
Standardization (CEN) non-gov.  
regional 25 April 1996 
FINLAND Finnish Standards Association (SFS) non-gov. 3 November 1995 
FRANCE Association française de 
normalisation (AFNOR) non-gov. 25 October 1995 
GERMANY  Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. 
(DIN) non-gov. 14 March 1995 
GHANA Ghana Standards Board (GSB) central gov. 15 May 2002 
GEORGIA State Department for 
Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Georgia 
(GEOSTAND) central gov. 24 November 2003 
GREECE Hellenic Organization for 
Standardization (ELOT) non-gov. 21 November 1997 
GRENADA Grenada Bureau of Standards 
(GDBS) central gov. 15 August 1997 
GUYANA Guyana National Bureau of 
Standards (GNBS) central gov. 23 July 1997 
HONG KONG, 
CHINA Transport Department of the 
Government of the HKSAR central gov. 28 November 1997 
HONG KONG, 
CHINA Office of the Telecommunications 
Authority central gov. 17 December 1997 
HONG KONG, 
CHINA Highways Department of the 
Government of the HKSAR central gov. 19 December 1997 
HONG KONG, 
CHINA Works Bureau of the Government of 
HKSAR central gov. 10 February 1998 
HONG KONG, 
CHINA Electrical and Mechanical Services 
Department of the Government of the 
HKSAR central gov. 31 March 1998 
HUNGARY Hungarian Office for Standardization 
(MSZH) central gov. 4 August 1995 
ICELAND Icelandic Council for Standardization 
(STRI) non-gov. 11 June 1997 
                                                      
1 Western Europe 
2 Western European countrie s (EU and EFTA countries) G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
INDIA Bureau of Indian  Standards (BIS) statutory 19 December 1995 
INDONESIA Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN) central gov./  
non-gov. 18 October 1995 
IRELAND  National Standards Authority of 
Ireland (NSAI) central gov. 3 July 1998 
ISRAEL Standards Institution of Israel (SII) non-gov. 14 May 1997 
ITALY Ente Nazionale Italiano di 
Unificazione – Italian National Standards Body (UNI) non-gov. 7 September 1995 
ITALY Italian Electrotechnical Committee 
(CEI) non-gov. 17 October 1995 
JAMAICA Jamaica Bureau of Standards (JBS) central gov. 12 April 1996 
JAPAN Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries central gov. 24 April 1996 
JAPAN Fair Trade Commission central gov. 25 April 1996 
JAPAN Ministry of International Trade and 
Industry central gov. 7 May 1996 
JAPAN Japanese Industrial Standards 
Committee (JISC) central gov. 25 June 1996 
JAPAN Japan Environment Association 
(JEA) non-gov. 10 July 1997 
JAPAN Japan Iron and Steel Federation 
(JISF) non-gov. 2 December 1997 
JAPAN Consumer Product Safety 
Association (CPSA) non-gov. 2 March 1998 
JAPAN Japan Construction Mechanization 
Association (JCMA) non-gov. 16 December 1998 
JAPAN Japan Marine Standards Association 
(JMSA) non-gov. 8 February 1999 
JAPAN The Japan Bearing Industrial 
Association (JBIA) non-gov. 21 September 2000 
JAPAN Society of Auto motive Engineers of 
Japan, Inc. (JASO) non-gov. 5 October 2000 
JAPAN The Japan Society of Mechanical 
Engineers (JSME) non-gov. 27 December 2000 
JORDAN Jordan Institution for Standards and 
Metrology (JISM) central gov. 22 May 2000 
KENYA Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) parastatal 22 November 1995 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
KOREA Korean Agency for Technology and 
Standards (KATS) central gov. 24 December 1998 
KOREA Korea Electric Association 
(KEA)  non-gov. 28 December 2001 
KUWAIT Standards & Metrology Department 
(KOWSMD) central gov. 29 October 2002 
KYRGYZ 
REPUBLIC State Inspection on  Standardization 
and Metrology under the 
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (KYRGYZST) central gov. 11 August 2000 
LATVIA Latvian National Centre of 
Standardization and Metrology   central gov. 18 July 1997 
LITHUANIA Lithuanian Standards Board (LST) central gov. 2 April 1999 
LUXEMBOURG Service de l'energie de l'ét at (SEE) central gov. 29 June 1998 
MALAWI Malawi Bureau of Standards (M SB) parastatal 25 November 1996 
MALAYSIA Department of Standards Malaysia 
(DSM) central gov. 25 July 1995 
MALTA Malta Standards Authority (MSA) non-gov. 26 January 2001 
MAURITIUS Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)  non-gov. 17 January 2000 
MEXICO Directorate-Gene ral of Standards of 
the Ministry of Trade and Industrial 
Development (DGN) central gov. 30 May 1997 
MEXICO National Standardizing and 
Certifying Association for the Electrical Sector, A.C. non-gov. 3 May 1999 
MEXICO National Standardizing and 
Certifying Association for the 
Construction Sector, S.C. (ONNCCE) non-gov. 23 April 1999 
MEXICO Mexican Standardizing and 
Certifying Company S.C. 
(NORMEX) non-gov. 3 May 1999 
MEXICO National Textile Standardizing 
Institute A.C. (INTEX) non-gov. 1 September 1999 
MEXICO Electronic Standardization and 
Certification, A.C. (NYCE)   non-gov. 5 July 1999 
MEXICO Mexican Institute for Standardization 
and Certification, A.C. non-gov. 25 April 2000 
MEXICO Consejo para el Fomento de la 
Calidad de la Leche y sus derivados A.C. non-gov 13 March 2003 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
MOLDOVA Department of Standards, Metrology 
and Technical Supervision 
(MOLDST) central gov. 25 July 1997 
MONGOLIA Mongolian National Centre for 
Standardization and Metrology 
(MNCSM) central gov. March 1997 
MOROCCO Service de Normalisation Industrielle 
Marocaine - Moroccan Industrial 
Standardization Service (SNIMA) central gov. 21 July 1997 
MOZAMBIQUE Instituto Naci onal de Normalização e 
Qualidade - National Institute of 
Standardization and Quality 
(INNOQ) non-gov. 27 June 1997 
NAMIBIA Namibia Standards Information and 
Quality Office (NSIQO) central gov. 5 July 2000 
NETHERLANDS Dutch Standardization Institute 
(NEN) non-gov. 1 February 1996 
NEW ZEALAND Standards New Zealand (SNZ) non-gov. 20 June 1995 
NEW ZEALAND Environment Choice New Zealand 
(on behalf of Ministry of Environment) central gov. 20 November 1997 
NICARAGUA Nicaraguan Institute of Water and 
Sewage Systems (INAA) central gov. 18 June 2001 
NICARAGUA Nicaraguan Energy Institute  (INE) central gov. 21 June 2001 
NORWAY Norges Standardiseringsforbund 
(NSF) non-gov. 7 May 1996 
NORWAY Norsk Electroteknisk Komite – 
Norwegian Electrotechnical 
Committee (NEK) non-gov. 10 July 1997 
OMAN Directorate General for 
Specifications and Measurements, 
Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
(DGSM)   central gov. 18 December 2000 
PAKISTAN Pakistan Standards Institute (PSI) autonomous body February 1998 
PANAMA Ministry of Trade and Industry 
(MICI), Directorate-General for Industrial Standards and Technology 
(DGNTI) central gov. 27 March 1998 
PARAGUAY Instituto Nacional de Tecnología y 
Normalización central gov 3 April 2003 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
PERU Comisión de Reglamentos Técnicos 
y Comerciales - Instituto de Defensa 
de la Competencia y de la Propiedad 
Intelectual (INDECOPI) central gov. 8 June 1995 
PHILIPPINES Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) central gov. 8 March 1995 
POLAND Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny - 
Polish Committee for 
Standardization (PKN) non-gov. 1 August 1996 
PORTUGAL Instituto Portugues Da Qualidade 
(IPQ) central gov. 19 June 1998 
ROMANIA Institutul Roman de Standardizare - 
Romanian Standards Institute 
(ASRO) central gov. 19 April 1995 
SAINT LUCIA St. Lucia Bureau of Standards 
(SLBS) central gov. 29 October 2001  
SAINT VINCENT 
AND THE 
GRENADINES St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
Bureau of Standards central gov. 25 September 2002 
SENEGAL Institut Sénégalais de Normalisation 
(ISN) - Ministère de  l'Energie, des 
Mines et de l'Industrie central gov. 31 December 1995 
SEPARATE 
CUSTOMS 
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND 
MATSU   The Bureau of Standards, Metrology 
and Inspection (BSMI) central gov. 29 July 2002 
SINGAPORE Singapore Institute of Standards and 
Industrial Research (SISIR) central gov. 2 March 1995 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovak Office of Standards, 
Metrology and Testing (UNMS SR) central gov. 12 September 1995 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovak Standards Institu te (SUTN) central gov. 14 May 2001 
SLOVENIA Slovenian Institute for 
Standardization (SIST) non-gov. 23 July 2002 
SOUTH AFRICA South African Bureau of Standards 
(SABS) non-gov. 14 April 1995 
SPAIN Asociación Española de 
Normalización y Certificación - 
Spanish Standardization and Certification Association (AENOR) non-gov. 20 May 1996 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
SRI LANKA Sri Lanka Standards Institution 
(SLSI) central gov. 15 July 1997 
SWEDEN Informationstekniska 
standardiseringen - Swedish 
Information Technology 
Standardization (ITS) non-gov. 19 July 1996 
SWEDEN Svenska Elektriska Kommissionen - 
Swedish Electrotechnical Commission (SEK) non-gov. 9 September 1996 
SWEDEN Swedish Standard s Institution (SIS) non- gov. 18 December 2002 
SWITZERLAND Swiss Electrotechnical Committee 
(CES) non-gov. 22 November 1995 
SWITZERLAND Pro Telecom, Association Suisse des 
Télécommunications non-gov. 13 December 1995 
SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung 
- Swiss Association for 
Standardization (SNV) non-gov. 12 February 1996 
TANZANIA Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) central gov. 11 August 1997 
THAILAND Thai Industrial Standards Institute 
(TISI) central gov.  
 31 October 1995 
TRINIDAD and 
TOBAGO Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of 
Standards (TTBS) central gov. 25 March 1996 
TUNISIA National Standardization and 
Industrial Property Institute 
(INNORPI) central gov. 2 June 1995 
TURKEY Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü – 
Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) non-gov. 6 March 1996 
UGANDA Uganda National Bureau of 
Standards (UNBS) central gov. 30 July 1997 
UNITED KINGDOM British Standards Institution (BSI) non-gov. 11 March 1997 
UNITED STATES  American National Standards 
Institute, Inc. (ANSI) non-gov. 29 September 1997 
URUGUAY Instituto Uruguayo de Normas 
Técnicas (UNIT) non-gov. 12 September 1997 
VENEZUELA Comisión Venezolana de Normas 
Industriales - Venezuelan Commission for Industrial Standards 
(COVENIN)  central gov. 14 May 1996 
ZAMBIA Zambia Bureau of Standards  statutory body 28 July 1998 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.10 
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WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body  Date of Acceptance of the 
Code 
ZIMBABWE Standards Association of Zimbabwe 
(SAZ) non-gov. 10 January 1996 
 
 
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