WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
1 February 2010 
 (10-0505) 
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
1 
 
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bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the previous review."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.
2 Since 1 January 1995, 162 
standardizing bodies from 122 Members3 have accepted the Code of Good Practice, among them, 87  
central governmental standardizing bodies, 64 non-g overnmental standardizing bodies, three statutory 
bodies, two parastatal bodies, three non-governmental regional bodies, one central 
governmental/non-governmental body, one central  governmental/local governmental body and one 
autonomous body. 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 Until 1 February 2009. 
3 In 2009, Standardizing bodies from nine WTO observers - Algeria (2003), Azerbaijan (2009), Belarus 
(2001), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997), Kazakhstan (2006), Lebanon (2008), Liby a (2009),  Montenegro 
(2007), and Serbia (2005) - have already notified to the ISO/IEC Information Cent re their acceptance of the 
Code of Good Practice. G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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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 
ANTIGUA AND 
BARBUDA Antigua and Barbuda 
Bureau of Standards Statutory Body 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 Central gov. 22 July 2003 
Standards Association 
of Australia (Trading 
as Standards Australia) Non-gov. 20 November 1995 
Australian 
Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Central gov. 17 October 1997 
Communication 
Alliance (ACIF) Non-gov. 12 February 1998 
Australian Forestry 
Standard Limited (AFSL)  Non-gov. 24 August 2001 
Seafood Services 
Australia Ltd. Non-gov 13 March 2006 AUSTRALIA 
National Marine Safety 
Committee Central gov./ local gov. 19 September 2006 
Österreichisches 
Normungsinstitut – 
Austrian Standards Institute (ON) Non-gov. 3 June 1996 
AUSTRIA 
Österreichischer 
Verband für Elektrotechnik- Austrian 
Electrotechnical 
Association  (ÖVE) Non-gov. 25 July 1996 
BAHRAIN Standards and 
Metrology Directorate (BSMD) Central gov. 6 September 1997  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 Boliviano de 
Normalización 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 
BRUNEI 
DARUSSALAM Construction Planning 
& Research Unit 
(CPRU) Central gov. 22 August 2007 
BULGARIA Committee for 
Standardization and 
Metrology (BDS) Central gov. 30 December 1996 
BURKINA FASO Direction de la 
Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité (FASONORM) Central gov. 8 November 2004 
CAMEROON Ministère de 
l'Industrie, des Mines et du Développement 
Technologique, 
(MINIMIDT), Division de la Normalisation et de la Qualité, (CDNQ) Central gov. 20 July 2009 
CANADA Standards Council of 
Canada (SCC) Central gov. 23 September 1999 
CHILE Instituto Nacional de 
Normalización - National 
Standardization 
Institute (INN) Central gov. 20 September 1995 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 Croatian Standards 
Institute Non-gov. 1 July 2006 
CUBA Oficina National de 
Normalización – Cuban National Bureau of Standards (NC) Central gov. 29 February 1996 
CYPRUS Cyprus Organisation for 
Standardisation (CYS) Non-gov. 4 June 2009 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
ESTONIA National Standards 
Board of Estonia (EVS) Central gov. 30 July 1997 
European 
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)  Non-gov. regional 21 January 1996 
European Committee 
for Electrotechnical 
Standardization 
(CENELEC) Non-gov. regional 10 July 1996 EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES 
European Committee 
for Standardization (CEN) Non-gov. regional 25 April 1996 
FORMER 
YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Standardization 
Institute of the Republic of Macedonia - ISRM Central gov. 18 May 2009 
FINLAND Finnish Standards 
Association (SFS) Non-gov. 3 November 1995 
FRANCE Association française 
de normalisation 
(AFNOR) Non-gov. 25 October 1995 
GEORGIA State Department for 
Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Georgia (GEOSTAND) Central gov. 24 November 2003 
GERMANY  Deutsches Institut für 
Normung e.V. (DIN) Non-gov. 14 March 1995 
GHANA Ghana Standards 
Board (GSB) 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. 23 July 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
HONDURAS Ministry of Industry 
and Trade, Directorate-General of Production and Consumption, Department of 
Standardization and 
Metrology Central gov. 22 February 2006 
Transport Department 
of the Government of the HKSAR Central gov. 28 November 1997 
Office of the 
Telecommunications Authority Central gov. 17 December 1997 
Highways Department 
of the Government of the HKSAR Central gov. 19 December 1997 
Works Branch, 
Development Bureau, 
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 
INDIA Bureau of Indian 
Standards (BIS) Statutory Body 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 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
JAMAICA Jamaica Bureau of 
Standards (JBS) Central gov. 12 April 1996 
Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Central gov. 24 April 1996 
Fair Trade 
Commission Central gov. 25 April 1996 
Ministry of 
International Trade and Industry Central gov. 7 May 1996 
Japanese Industrial 
Standards Committee 
(JISC) Central gov. 25 June 1996 
Japan Environment 
Association (JEA) Non-gov. 10 July 1997 
Japan Iron and Steel 
Federation (JISF) Non-gov. 2 December 1997 
Consumer Product 
Safety Association 
(CPSA) Non-gov. 2 March 1998 
Japan Construction 
Mechanization Association (JCMA) Non-gov. 16 December 1998 
The Japan Bearing 
Industrial Association (JBIA) Non-gov. 21 September 2000 
Society of Automotive 
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 In stitution for 
Standards and Metrology (JISM) Central gov. 22 May 2000 
KENYA Kenya Bureau of 
Standards (KEBS) Parastatal 22 November 1995 
Korean Agency for 
Technology and Standards (KATS) Central gov. 24 December 1998 
KOREA, REP. OF 
Korea Electric 
Association (KEA) Non-gov. 28 December 2001 
KUWAIT Standards & Metrology 
Department 
(KOWSMD) Central gov. 29 October 2002 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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'état (SEE) Central gov. 29 June 1998 
MALAWI Malawi Bureau of 
Standards (MSB) 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 
Directorate-General of 
Standards of the 
Ministry of Trade and 
Industrial Development (DGN) Central gov. 30 May 1997 
National Standardizing 
and Certifying Association for the Electrical Sector, A.C. Non-gov. 3 May 1999 
National Standardizing 
and Certifying 
Association for the 
Construction Sector, S.C. (ONNCCE) Non-gov. 23 April 1999 
National Chamber of 
the Iron and Steel Industry Central gov. 26 June 2006 MEXICO 
Mexican Standardizing 
and Certifying Company S.C. 
(NORMEX) Non-gov. 3 May 1999  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
National Textile 
Standardizing Institute A.C. (INTEX) Non-gov. 1 September 1999 
Electronic 
Standardization and Certification, A.C. (NYCE)   Non-gov. 5 July 1999 
Mexican Institute for 
Standardization and 
Certification, A.C. Non-gov. 25 April 2000 
Consejo para el 
Fomento de la Calidad de la Leche y sus derivados A.C. Non-gov. 13 March 2003 MEXICO (Cont'd) 
 
Centro de 
Normalización y Certificación de Productos, A.C. Non-gov. 8 January 2004 
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 Nacional de 
Normalização e Qualidade - National 
Institute of 
Standardization and Quality (INNOQ) Non-gov. 27 June 1997 
NAMIBIA Namibian Standards 
Institution (NSI) Central gov. 29 February 2008 
NETHERLANDS Dutch Standardization 
Institute (NEN) Non-gov. 1 February 1996 
NEW ZEALAND Standards New 
Zealand (SNZ) Non-gov. 20 June 1995 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
NEW ZEALAND 
(Cont'd) Environment Choice 
New Zealand (on behalf of Ministry of Environment) Central gov. 20 November 1997 
Nicaraguan Institute of 
Water and Sewage Systems (INAA) Central gov. 18 June 2001 
Nicaraguan Energy 
Institute (INE) Central gov. 21 June 2001 NICARAGUA 
Ministerio de Fomento, 
Industria y Comercio, 
Dirección de 
Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología  Central gov. 25 March 2004 
NIGER Directorate of 
Standardization, Quality Control and 
Metrology Central gov. 13 January 2006 
NIGERIA Standards Organization 
of Nigeria (SON) Central gov. 25 April 2005 
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 
PAPUA NEW 
GUINEA National Institute of 
Standards and Industrial Technology Central gov. 25 September 2006  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
PARAGUAY Instituto Nacional de 
Tecnología y Normalización Central gov. 3 April 2003 
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 
QATAR Qatar General 
Organization for 
Standards and 
Metrology (QS) Central gov. 28 February 2006 
ROMANIA Institutul Roman de 
Standardizare - Romanian Standards Institute (ASRO) Central gov. 19 April 1995 
RWANDA Rwanda Bureau of 
Standards Central gov. 15 February 2005 
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 
SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Arabian 
Standards Organization 
(SASO) Central gov. 2 May 2006 
SENEGAL Institut Sénégalais de 
Normalisation (ISN) - Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines et de l'Industrie Central gov. 31 December 1995 
SINGAPORE Singapore Institute of 
Standards and 
Industrial Research 
(SISIR) Central gov. 2 March 1995 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovak Standards 
Institute (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 
SRI LANKA Sri Lanka Standards 
Institution (SLSI) Central gov. 15 July 1997 
SWAZILAND Swaziland Standards 
Authority (SWASA) Non-gov. 9 October 2008 
Informationstekniska 
standardiseringen - Swedish Information Technology Standardization (ITS) Non-gov. 19 July 1996 
Svenska Elektriska 
Kommissionen - 
Swedish 
Electrotechnical Commission (SEK) Non-gov. 9 September 1996 SWEDEN 
Swedish Standards 
Institution (SIS) Non-gov. 18 December 2002 
Swiss Electrotechnical 
Committee (CES) Non-gov. 22 November 1995 SWITZERLAND 
Schweizerische 
Normen-Vereinigung - Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV) Non-gov. 12 February 1996 
CHINESE TAIPEI  The Bureau of 
Standards, Metrology 
and Inspection (BSMI) Central gov. 29 July 2002 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.16 
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  WTO Member Name of 
Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
UKRAINE State Committee of 
Ukraine on Technical Regulations and Consumer Policy (“Derzhspozhivstandar
t” 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 (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 
VIET NAM Directorate for 
Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) Central gov. January 2009 
ZAMBIA Zambia Bureau of 
Standards  Statutory body 28 July 1998 
ZIMBABWE Standards Association 
of Zimbabwe (SAZ) Non-gov. 10 January 1996 
 
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