WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.2
20March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1137)
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 on15December 1993 states thattheCommittee onTechnical
Barriers toTrade shall: "atleastonceayearreview thepublication provided bythe
ISO/IEC Information Centre oninformation received according totheCode ofGood
Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards inAnnex 3ofthe
Agreement, 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 of
Good Practice since theentry intoforce oftheWTO. Since 1January 1995, 63standardizing
bodies from 46Members haveaccepted theCode ofGood Practice, among them, 24central
governmental standardizing bodies, 31non-governmental standardizing bodies, onestatutory body,
twoparastatal bodies, three non-governmental regional bodies andtwocentral governmental
non-governmental bodies.G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.2
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
AUSTRALIA Standards Association ofAustralia
(Trading asStandards Australia)non-gov. 20November 1995
AUSTRIA ONÖsterreichisches
Normungsinstitut -Austrian
Standards Institutenon-gov. 3June 1996
AUSTRIA Österreichischer Verband für
Elektrotechnik (ÖVE) -Austrian
Electrotechnical Associationnon-gov. 25July1996
BRAZIL Associa çãoBrasileira deNormas
Técnicas -ABNTnon-gov. 31July1995
BULGARIA Committee forStandardization and
Metrology (BDS)central gov. 30December 1996
CHILE Instituto Nacional de
Normalización (National
Standardization Institute) -INNcentral gov. 20September 1995
COLOMBIA Instituto Colombiano deNormas
Técnicas (ICONTEC)non-gov. 31July1995
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
ECUADOR INEN -Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacióncentral gov. 24June 1996
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 1995G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.2
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
HUNGARY Hungarian Office for
Standardization (MSZH)central gov. 4August 1995
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
JAMAICA Jamaica Bureau ofStandards (JBS) central gov. 12April 1996
JAPAN Ministry ofInternational Trade
andIndustrycentral gov. 7May 1996
JAPAN FairTrade Commission central gov. 25April 1996
JAPAN Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry
andFisheriescentral gov. 24April 1996
JAPAN Japanese Industrial Standards
Committee (JISC)central gov. 25June 1996
KENYA Kenya Bureau ofStandards parastatal 22November 1995
MALAWI Malawi Bureau ofStandards parastatal 25November 1996
MALAYSIA Industrial andIndustrial Research
Institute ofMalaysia (SIRIM)central gov. 25July1995
NETHERLANDS Dutch Standardization Institute non-gov. 1February 1996
NEW ZEALAND Standards New Zealand non-gov. 20June 1995
NORWAY Norges Standardiseringsforbund non-gov. 7May 1996
PERU Comisión deReglamentos
Técnicos yComerciales -Instituto
deDefensa delaCompetencia y
delaPropiedad Intelectualcentral gov. 8June 1995
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 1995G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.2
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
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.
non-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
SWEDEN Svenska Elektriska Kommissionen non-gov. 9September 1996
SWEDEN Allamänna
Standardiseringensgruppen, STG -
Swedish General Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 5July1996
SWEDEN MMS -Material- och
Mekanstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Materials andMechanical
Standards Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996
SWEDEN SIS-Swedish Standards Institution non-gov. 30September 1996
SWEDEN BST-Byggstandardiseringen -
Swedish Building Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 3July1996
SWEDEN IKH-Kran- och
Hisstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Crane- andLift
Standardizationnon-gov. 19September 1996
SWEDEN HSS-Hälso- och
sjukvårdsstandardiseringen -
Swedish Healthcare Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996
SWEDEN TKS -Tryckkärkstandardiseringen
-Swedish Pressure Vessel
Standardizationnon-gov. 9September 1996G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.2
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
SWEDEN ITS-Informationstekniska
standardiseringen -Swedish
Information Technology
Standardizationnon-gov. 19July1996
SWITZERLAND ProTelecom, Association Suisse
desTélécommunicationsnon-gov. 13December 1995
SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Normen-
Vereinigung (SNV) -Swiss
Association forStandardizationnon-gov. 12February 1996
SWITZERLAND Swiss Electrotechnical Committee
(CES)non-gov. 22November 1995
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
VENEZUELA Comisión Venezolana deNormas
Industriales (COVENIN) -
Venezuelan Commission for
Industrial Standardscentral gov. 14May 1996
WESTERN
EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES (EU
andEFTA
countries)European Committee for
Standardizationnon-gov.
regional25April 1996
WESTERN
EUROPEEuropean Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization
(CENELEC)non-gov.
regional10July1996
ZIMBABWE Standards Association of
Zimbabwenon-gov. 10January 1996