WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/1/Add.7
19 February 2003
(03-1046)
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
2002
Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
The Ministerial Decision on Review of the IS O/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 Secretariat shall provide a list by Member of all
standardizing bodies that have accepted the Code, as well as a list of those standardizing
bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the previous review."
Attached is a list by Member of standardizing bodies that have accepted the Code of Good
Practice in the period under review.  Since document G/TBT/CS/1/Add.6 (13 February 2002),
10 standardizing bodies from 10 Members have accepted the Code of Good Practice;  including,
7 central governmental standardizing bodies, and 3 non-governmental standardizing bodies.
Attached also is a list of standardizing bodi es that have withdraw n from the Code in the
period under review.  Six standardizing bodies from one Member have withdrawn.This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's ownresponsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members
and to their rights and obligations under the WTOG/TBT/CS/1/Add.7
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A LIST OF STANDARDIZING BODIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED
THE CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
WTO Member Name of standardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate of acceptance
of the Code
BANGLADESH Bangladesh Standards and Testing
Institution (BSTI)central-gov. 13 February 2002
REPUBLIC OF BENIN Beninese Centre for Standardization
and Quality Management (CEBENOR)central-gov. 20 February 2002
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINAState Administration of China for
Standardization (SACS)central-gov. 4 April 2002
REPUBLIC OF CÔTE
D'IVOIRECôte d'Ivoire Normalisation
(CODINORM)non-gov. 19 November 2001
GHANA Ghana Standards Board (GSB) central-gov. 15 May 2002
KUWAIT Standards & Metrology Departmet
(KOWSMD)central-gov. 29 October 2002
SAINT VINCENT
AND THEGRENADINESSt. Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau
of Standardscentral-gov. 25 September 2002
SEPARATE
CUSTOMSTERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU,
KINMEN ANDMATSUThe Bureau of Standards, Metrology
and Inspection (BSMI)central-gov. 29 July 2002
SLOVENIA Slovenian Institute for Standardization
(SIST)non-gov. 23 July 2002
SWEDEN Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) non-gov. 18 December 2002G/TBT/CS/1/Add.7
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A LIST OF STANDARDIZING BODIES THAT HAVE WITHDRAWN
FROM THE CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
WTO Member Name of standardizing body Date of withdrawal
from  the Code
SWEDEN BST - Byggstandardiseringen - Swedish
Building Standards InstitutionDecember 2002
SWEDEN Allamänna Standardiseringensgruppen, -
Swedish General Standards Institution  (STG)December 2002
SWEDEN Material- och Mekanstandardiseringen - The
Swedish Materials and Mechanical Standards
Institution (MMS)December 2002
SWEDEN Hälso- och sjukvardsstandardiseringen -
Swedish Healthcare Standards Institution (HSS)December 2001
SWEDEN Tryckkärkstandardiseringen -  Swedish Pressure
Vessel Standardization (TKS)December 2002
SWEDEN Kran- och Hisstandardiseringen - The Swedish
Crane- and Lift Standardization (IKH)December 2002
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