G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22  
 
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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 SECRETARIAT1 
Revision 
The Ministerial Decision on the 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 
C e n t r e  o n  i n f o r m a t i o n  r e c e i v e d  a c c o r d i n g  t o  t h e  C o d e  o f  G o o d  P r a c t i c e  f o r  t h e  
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standardizing bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the 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." 
The following table contains a list of all standardiz ing bodies that have accepted the Code of Good 
Practice since the entry into force of the WTO. The list is organized by Member (alphabetic order), 
name and type of standardizing body, and date of acceptance of the Code of Good Practice. Since 
1 January 1995, standardizing bodies from 128 Members
2 h a v e  a c c e p t e d  t h e  C o d e  o f  G o o d  
Practice, among them, central governmental standardizing bodies, local governmental 
standardizing bodies and non-governmental standardizing bodies. 
                                               
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to thei r rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 In addition, standardizing bodies from four WTO observers (Algeria (2003), Belarus (2001), Bosnia 
and Herzegovina (1997), Serbia (2005) have notified their acceptance of the Code of Good Practice to the ISO/IEC Information Centre.  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  BODIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE  
BY MEMBER IN ALPHABETIC ORDER 
Member Name Type  Date  
Albania Directorate of Standardization 
and Quality (DSC)  Central gov. 4 August 1997 
Angola - - - 
Antigua and 
Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of 
Standards Not specified 31 May 2005 
Argentina Instituto Argentino de 
Normalización (IRAM) Non gov. 31 July 1997 
Armenia Department of Standardization, 
Metrology and Conformity Assessment of the Ministry of 
Trade and Economic 
Development of the Republic of Armenia Central gov. 22 July 2003 
Australia 
 Australian Forestry Standard 
Steering Committee Non gov. 24 August 2001 
Standards Association of 
Australia (Trading as standards Australia) Non gov. 
 20 November 1995 
Australian Communications 
Authority Central gov. 17 October 1997 
Australian Gas Association Non gov. 28 May 1998 
Seafood Services Australia Ltd Non gov. 13 Mar 2006 
Australia Communications 
Industry Forum Limited Non gov. 12 February 1998 
National Marine Safety 
Committee Central gov. 
Local gov. 19 September 2006 
Austria 
 Österreichischer Verband für 
Elektrotechnik (ÖVE) (Austrian 
Electrotechnical Association) Non gov. 
 25 July 1996 
ON Österreichisches 
Normungsinstitut (Austrian 
Standards Institute) Non gov. 3 June 1996 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of Standards and Metrology 
Directorate (BSMD) Central gov. 6 September 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Bangladesh Bangladesh Standards and 
Testing Institution (BSTI) Central gov. 8 January 1998 
Bangladesh Standards and 
Testing Institution (BSTI) Central gov. 13 February 2002 
Barbados Barbados National Standards 
Institution (BNSI) Non gov. 6 August 1997 
Belgium Belgian Standardization Institute Central gov. 14 July 1997 
Benin Beninese Centre for 
Standardization and Quality 
Management (CEBENOR) Central gov. 20 February 2002 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of Instituto Boliviano de 
Normalización y Calidad 
(IBNORCA) Non gov. 31 Mar 1999 
Botswana Botswana Bureau of Standards Non gov. 17 Aug 1999 
Brazil Associação Brasileira de Normas 
Técnicas (ABNT) Non gov. 31 July 1995 
Brunei Darussalam Construction Planning & 
Research Unit (CPRU) Central gov. 22 August 2007 
Bulgaria State Agency for Standardization 
and Metrology Central gov. 23 October 2000 
Burkina Faso Direction de la Normalisation et 
de la Promotion de la Qualité 
(FASONORM)  
(Standardization and Quality 
Promotion Department) Central gov. 8 November 2004 
Burundi - - - 
Cabo Verde - - - 
Cambodia - - - 
Cameroon Ministère de l'Industrie, des 
Mines et du Développement Technologique (MINIMIDT), 
Division de la Normalisation et 
de la Qualité (CDNQ)  Central gov. 20 Jul 2009 
Canada Standards Council of Canada Central gov. 23 Sep 1999 
Central African 
Republic - - - 
Chad - - - G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Chile Instituto Nacional de 
Normalización  (National Standardization Institute) (INN – 
Chile) Central gov. 20 September 1995 
China State Administration of China for 
Standardization Central gov. 4 April 2002 
Colombia Instituto Colombiano de Normas 
Tecnicas (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 
 Drzavni Zavod Za Normizaciju I 
Mjeriteljstvo (DZNM) (State Office for Standardization and 
Metrology) Central gov. 28 October 1998 
Hrvatski Zavod Za Norme (HZN) 
(Croatian Standards Institute) Non gov. 1 July 2006 
Cuba Oficina Nacional de 
Normalización (NC) (Cuban 
National bureau of Standards) Central gov. 29 February 1996 
Cyprus Cyprus Organisation for 
Standardisation (CYS) Non gov. 04 Jun 2009 
Czech Republic Czech Standards Institute 
(CSNI) Non gov. 26 Jul 1995  
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of the - - - 
Denmark Danish Standards Association Non gov. 18 March 1996 
Djibouti - - - 
Dominica Dominica Bureau of Standards Central gov. 13 September 2000 
Dominican Republic Direccion 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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
El Salvador Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y 
Tecnologia (CONACYT)  
National Council of Science and 
Technology Central gov. 27 November 1996 
Estonia National Standards Board of 
Estonia EVS Central gov. 30 July 1997 
European Union 
 European Committee for 
Standardization (CEN) 
Comité Européen de 
Normalisation 
 Non gov. 25 April 1996 
European Telecommunications 
Standards Institute (ETSI) Not specified 21 January 1996 
European Committee for 
Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) Non gov. 10 July 1996 
Fiji - - - 
Finland Finnish Standards Association 
(SFS) Non gov. 3 November 1995 
France AFNOR Non gov. 25 October 1995 
Gabon - - - 
Georgia State Department for 
Standardization, Metrology and 
Certification of Georgia 
(GEOSTAND) Central gov. 24 November 2003 
Germany Deutsches Institut Für Normung 
e.V. (DIN) 
 Not specified 14 Mar 1995 
Ghana Ghana Standards Board Central gov. 15 May 2002 
Greece Hellenic Organization for 
Standardization (ELOT) Non gov. 21 November 1997 
Grenada Grenada Bureau of Standards 
(GDBS) Central gov. 15 August 1997 
Guatemala Guatemalan Standards 
Commission (COGUANOR) Central gov. 
 27 August 2004 
Guyana Guyana National Bureau of 
Standards (GNBS) Central gov. 
 1 February 2005 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Haiti - - - 
Honduras Secretaría de Industria y 
Comercio, Dirección General de 
Producción y Consumo, Departmento de Normalización y Metrología  
(Ministry of Industry and Trade, 
Directorate-General of Production and Consumption, 
Department of Standardization 
and Metrology) 
 Central gov. 
Non gov. 
 22 February 2006 
Hong Kong, China 
 Transport Department of the 
Government of the (HKSAR) Central gov. 
 28 November 1997 
Office of the 
Telecommunications Authority Central gov. 
 17 December 1997 
Works Bureau of the 
Government of the (HKSAR) Central gov. 10 February 1998 
Electrical and Mechanical 
Services Department 
The Government of the Hong 
Kong (Special Administrative 
Region) Central gov. 
  
 31 March 1998 
Highways Department of the 
Government of the (HKSAR) Central gov. 19 December 1997 
Hungary Hungarian Office for 
Standardization (MSZH) Central gov. 04 Aug 1995 
Iceland Icelandic Council for 
Standardization (STRI) Non gov. 
 11 June 1997 
India Bureau of Indian Standards Central gov. 
 19 December 1995 
Indonesia Dewan Standardisasi Nasional 
(DSN)  
Standardization Council of 
Indonesia Central gov. 
 18 October 1995 
Israel The Standards Institution of 
Israel (SII) Non gov. 14 May 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Italy Italian Electrotechnical 
Committee (CEI) Non gov. 17 October 1995 
Italian National Standards Body 
(UNI) Non gov. 7 September 1995 
Jamaica Jamaica Bureau of Standards 
(JBS) Central gov. 12 April 1996 
Japan 
 Ministry of International Trade 
and Industry Central gov. 7 May 1996 
Japanese Industrial Standards 
Committee (JISC) Central gov. 25 June 1996 
The Japan Iron and Steel 
Federation (JISF) Non gov. 2 December 1997 
Japan Construction 
Mechanization Association Non gov. 16 Dec 1998 
Consumer Product Safety 
Association (CPSA) Non gov. 2 March 1998 
Japan Environment Association 
(JEA) Non gov. 10 July 1997 
The Japan Society of Mechanical 
Engineers Non gov. 27 December 2000 
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 
and Fisheries Central gov. 25 April 1995 
Society of Automotive Engineers 
of Japan (INC) 
 Non gov. 5 October 2000 
The Japan Bearing Industrial 
Association 
 Non gov. 21 September 2000 
Jordan Jordan Institution for Standards 
and Metrology Central gov. 22 May 2000 
Kazakhstan - - - 
Kenya Kenya Bureau of Standards Not specified. 22 November 1995 
Korea, Republic of Korean National Institute of 
Technology and Quality Central gov. 24 Dec 1998 
Korea Electric Association Non gov.  28 December 2001 
Kuwait, the State 
of Standards & Metrology 
Department (KOWSMD) Central gov. 29 October 2002 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Kyrgyz Republic State Inspection on 
Standardization and Metrology under the Government of the 
Kyrgyz Republic  
(Kyrgyzstandart) Central gov. 
 11 August 2000 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic Department of Standardization 
and Metrology, Ministry of 
Science and Technology Central gov. 1 March 2013 
Latvia Latvian National Centre of 
Standardization and Metrology Central gov. 18 Jul 1997 
Lesotho - - - 
Liechtenstein - - - 
Lithuania Lithuanian Standards Board 
(LST) Central gov. 2 April 1999 
Luxembourg Service de l'Energie de l'État 
(SEE) Central gov. 29 Jun 1998 
Macao, China - - - 
Madagascar - - - 
Malawi Malawi Bureau of Standards Not specified. 25 November 1996 
Malaysia Industrial and Industrial 
Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) Central gov. 25 Jul 1995 
Maldives - - - 
Mali - - - 
Malta Malta Standards Authority Non gov. 26 January 2001 
Mauritania - - - 
Mauritius Mauritius Standards Bureau 
(MSB) Non gov. 17 January 2000 
Mexico 
 Mexican Institute for 
Standardization and 
Certification, A.C. Non gov. 25 April 2000 
Electronic Standardization and 
Certification, A.C. (NYCE) Non gov. 05 Jul 1999 
National Textile Standardizing 
Institute A.C Non gov. 01 Sep 1999 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Normex:  Mexican Standardizing 
and Certifying Company S.C Non gov. 
 03 May 1999 
Mexico (cont'd) 
 National Standardizing and 
Certifying Association for the Construction Sector, S.C. Non gov. 
 23 Apr 1999 
National Standardizing and 
Certifying Association for the Electrical Sector, A.C. Non gov. 03 May 1999 
Cámara Nacional de la Industria 
del Hierro y del Acero, 
CANACERO (National Chamber 
of the Iron and Steel Industry) Non gov. 
 26 June 2006 
Centro de Normalización y 
certificación de Productos, A.C. (Centre for Standardization and Certification of Products) Non gov. 8 January 2004 
Consejo para el Fomento de la 
calidad de la leche y sus 
derivados  A. C.  (Council for the 
promotion of quality in milk and dairy products) Non gov. 13 March  2003 
Directorate-General of 
Standards (DGN) of the Ministry 
of Trade and Industrial 
Development Central gov. 30 May 1997 
Moldova, Republic 
of Department of Standards, 
Metrology and Technical 
Supervision Central gov. 25 July 1997 
National Institute of 
Standardization (NIS) Central gov. 22 Jul 2013 
Mongolia - - - 
Montenegro Institut za standardizaciju Crne 
Gore (ISME) 
(Institute for standardization of 
Montenegro) Non gov. 1 March 2013 
Morocco Service de Normalisation 
Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA)  
(Moroccan Industrial 
Standardization Service) Central gov. 21 July 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Mozambique Instituto Nacional de 
Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ) 
(National Institute of 
Standardization and Quality) Central gov. 27 June 1997 
Myanmar Department of Research and 
Innovation (DRI), Ministry of 
Science and Technology Central gov. 
 21 October 2015 
Namibia Namibian Standards Institution 
(NSI) Central gov. 29 February 2008  
Namibia Standards Information 
and Quality Office (NSIQO) Central gov. 5 July 2000 
Nepal - - - 
Netherlands Dutch Standardization Institute Non gov. 1 February 1996 
New Zealand 
 Standards New Zealand Non gov. 20 June 1995 
Environment Choice New 
Zealand (on behalf of the 
Minister for the Environment) Central gov. 20 November 1997 
Nicaragua 
 Instituto Nicaragüense de 
Energía  
Nicaraguan Energy Institute 
(INE) Central gov. 21 June 2001 
Instituto Nicaragüense de 
Acueductos y Alcantarillados  
Nicaraguan Institute of Water 
and Sewage Systems (INAA) Central gov. 18 June 2001 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria 
y Comercio, Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y 
Metrología  
Ministry of Development, 
Industry and Trade, Directorate 
of Technology, Standardization 
and Metrology Central gov. 25 March 2004 
Niger Directorate of Standardization, 
Quality Control and Metrology Central gov. 13 January 2006 
Nigeria Standards Organisation of 
Nigeria Central gov. 25 April 2005 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Norway 
 Norsk Electroteknisk Komite 
(NEK) 
Norwegian Electrotechnical 
Committee Non gov. 10 July 1997 
Norges Standardiseringsforbund Non gov. 7 May 1996 
Oman Directorate General for 
Specifications and Measurements Ministry of 
Commerce and Industry Central gov. 18 December 2000 
Pakistan Pakistan Standards Institute 
(PSI) Not specified. February 1998 
Panama Ministry of Trade and Industry 
(MICI) 
Directorate-General for 
Industrial Standards and Technology (DGNTI) Central gov. 27 March 1998 
Papua New Guinea National Institute of Standards 
and Industrial Technology Central gov. 25 September 2006 
Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Tecnología 
y Normalización  
(National Technology and 
Standardization Institute) Not specified. 3 April 2003 
Peru Comisión de Reglamentos 
Técnicos y Comerciales - Instituto de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Propiedad 
Intelectual Central gov. 8 June 1995 
Comisión de Supervisión de 
Normas Téchnicas, Metrología, 
Control de Calidad y Restricciones Pararancelarias del 
Indecopi  
(Indecopi, Supervisory 
Committee for Technical Standards, Metrology, Quality 
Control and Para-Tariff 
Restrictions) Central gov. 8 June 1995 
Philippines Bureau of Product Standards 
(BPS) Central gov. 8 March 1995 
Poland Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny 
(PKN) 
(Polish Committee for 
Standardization) Non gov. 1 August 1996 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Portugal Instituto Portugues da Qualidad  
(Portuguese Institute of 
Standards) Central gov. 19 Jun 1998 
Qatar Qatar General Organization for 
Standards and Metrology (QS) Central gov. 28 February 2006 
Romania Institutul Roman de 
Standardizare 
Romanian Standards Institute Central gov. 16 January 1996 
Russian Federation - - - 
Rwanda Rwanda Bureau of Standards 
(RBS) Central gov. 15 February 2005 
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis - - - 
Saint Lucia St. Lucia Bureau of Standards  Central gov. 29 October 2001 
Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
Bureau of Standards Central gov. 25 September 2002 
Samoa - - - 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabian Standards 
Organization (SASO) Central gov. 2 May 2006 
Senegal Institut Senegalais de 
Normalisation (ISN)/ 
Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines 
et de l'Industrie Central gov. 31 December 1995 
Seychelles - - - 
Sierra Leone - - - 
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 Standards Institute 
(SUTN) Central gov. 14 May 2001 
Slovenia 
 Slovenian Institute for 
Standardization (SIST) Non gov. 23 July 2002 
Standards and Metrology 
Institute (SMIS) Central gov. 5 February 1996 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
South Africa South African Bureau of 
Standards Non gov. 14 April 1995 
Spain Asociación Española de 
Normalización y certificación (AENOR)  
(Spanish Standardization and 
Certification Association) Non gov. 20 May 1996 
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Standards Institution Central gov. 15 July 1997 
Suriname - - - 
Swaziland Swaziland Standards Authority 
(SWASA) Non gov. 9 October 2008 
Sweden 
 Svenska Elektriska 
Kommissionen 
Swedish Electrotechnical 
Commission Non gov. 9 September 1996 
Material- och 
Mekanstandardiseringen (MMS) 
(The Swedish Materials and 
Mechanical Standards Institution) Non gov. 19 August 1996 
Swedish Standards Institute 
(SIS) 
(Former SIS – 
Standardiseringen i Sverige) Non gov.  18 December 2002 
Informationstekniska 
standardiseringen (ITS) 
(Swedish Information 
Technology Standardization Non gov. 19 July 1996 
Switzerland 
 Schweizerische Normen-
Vereinigung (SNV) Non gov. 12 February 1996 
Swiss Electrotechnical 
Committee (CES) Non gov. 22 November 1995 
Pro Telecom, Swiss 
Telecommunications Association Non gov. 13 Dec 1995 
Chinese Taipei The Bureau of Standards, 
Metrology and Inspection (BSMI)  Central gov. 29 July 2002 
Tajikistan - - - 
Tanzania Tanzania Bureau of Standards Central gov. 11 August 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Thailand Thai Industrial Standards 
Institute (TISI) Central gov. 
Non gov. 31 October 1995 
The former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Standardization Institute of the 
Republic of Macedonia (ISRM) Central gov. 18 May 2009  
Togo  - - - 
Tonga - - - 
The Gambia The Gambia Standards Bureau Central gov. 13 January 2014 
Trinidad and 
Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of 
Standards 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) Non gov 6 March 1996 
Uganda Uganda National Bureau of 
Standards Central gov. 30 July 1997 
Ukraine State Committee of Ukraine on 
Technical Regulations and Consumer Policy  
(Derzhspozhivstandart of 
Ukraine) Central gov. January 1997 
United Arab 
Emirates Emirates Authority for 
Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) Central gov. 16 April 2006 
United Kingdom British Standards Institution Non gov. 11 March 1997 
United States of 
America The American National 
Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI) Non gov. 29 September 1997 
Uruguay 
 Instituto Uruguayo de Normas 
Técnicas (UNIT) Non gov. 12 September 1997 
Vanuatu - - - 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of Comisión Venezolana de Normas 
Industriales (COVENIN) 
(Venezuelan Commission for 
Industrial Standards) Central gov. 
 14 May 1996 
Viet Nam Directorate for Standards, 
Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) Central gov. January 2009 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.22 
 
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  Member Name Type  Date  
Yemen - - - 
Zambia Zambia Bureau of Standards Not specified. 28 Jul 1998 
Zimbabwe Standards Association of 
Zimbabwe Non gov. 10 January 1996 
 
 
 
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