WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
2 March 2009 
 (09-1059) 
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bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the previous review."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, 159 
standardizing bodies from 119 Members3 have accepted the Code of Good Practice, among them, 85  
central governmental standardizing bodies, 63 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 19 February 2009. 
3 In 2008, three standardizing bodies withdrew from the Code of Good Practice - Japan Marine 
Standards Association (G/TBT/CS/N/107/Corr.1), Na mibia Standards Information and Quality Office 
(G/TBT/CS/N/121/Corr.1) and the Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing 
(G/TBT/CS/N/14/Corr.1).  In addition, two standardizi ng bodies notified the ISO/IEC Information Centre of 
their withdrawal from the Code of G ood Practice – Pro Telecom, Associa tion Suisse des Télécommunications 
(Switzerland) and the Australia Gas Association (AGA);  Standardizing bodies from seven WTO observers - 
Algeria (2003), Belarus (2 001), Bosnia and Herzegovi na (1997), Kazakhstan (200 6), Lebanon (2008), Libya 
(2009),  Montenegro (2007), and Serbia (2005) - have already notified to the ISO/IEC Information Centre their 
acceptance of the Code of Good Practice. 
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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 
AUSTRALIA 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 
 National Marine Safety 
Committee Central Gov./ 
Local Gov. 19 September 2006 
AUSTRIA Österreichisches 
Normungsinstitut – Austrian Standards Institute (ON) Non-gov. 3 June 1996 
 Österreichischer Verband für 
Elektrotechnik- Austrian Electrotechnical Association 
(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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
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 
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 In stitute Non-gov. 1 July 2006 
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)G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES European Telecommunications 
Standards Institute (ETSI)  Non-gov. 
regional 21 January 1996 
 European Committee for 
Electrotechnical Standardization 
(CENELEC) Non-gov. 
regional 10 July 1996 
 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 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
HONDURAS Ministry of Industry and Trade, 
Directorate-General of Production and Consumption, 
Department of Standardization 
and Metrology Central 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 
 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 
 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 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 
 Italian Electrotechnical 
Committee (CEI) Non-gov. 17 October 1995 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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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 
JAPAN 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 
 The Japan Society of 
Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Non-gov. 27 December 2000 
JORDAN Jordan Instit ution for Standards 
and Metrology (JISM) Central gov. 22 May 2000 
KENYA Kenya Bureau of Standards 
(KEBS) Parastatal 22 November 1995 
KOREA, REP. OF Korean Agency for Technology 
and Standards (KATS) Central gov. 24 December 1998 
 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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
MEXICO 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 
 Mexican Standardizing and 
Certifying Company S.C. (NORMEX) Non-gov. 3 May 1999 
 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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
 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 
 Nicaraguan Energy Institute 
(INE) Central gov. 21 June 2001 
 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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
NIGERIA Standards Organization of 
Nigeria (SON) Central gov. 25 April 2005 
NORWAY Norges Standardiseringsforbund 
(NSF) Non-gov. 7 May 1996 
 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 
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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
ROMANIA Institutul Roman de 
Standardizare - Romanian Standards Institute (ASRO) Central gov. 19 April 1995 
RWANDA Rwanda Bureau of Standa rds 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 
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 
SWEDEN Informationstekniska 
standardiseringen - Swedish 
Information Technology Standardization (ITS) Non-gov. 19 July 1996  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
Sweden (cont'd) Svenska Elektriska 
Kommissionen - Swedish Electrotechnical Commission (SEK) Non-gov. 9 September 1996 
 Swedish Standards Institution 
(SIS) Non-gov. 18 December 2002 
SWITZERLAND Swiss Electrotechnical 
Committee (CES) Non-gov. 22 November 1995 
 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 
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 (“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 
(BSI) Non-gov. 11 March 1997 
UNITED STATES  American National Standards 
Institute, Inc. (ANSI) Non-gov. 29 September 1997 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.15 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing Body Type of 
Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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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