WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
21 February 2012  
 
(12-0995) 
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 prov ided 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bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from the Code since the previous review."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. Since 1 January 1995, 162 standardizing bodies from 122 Members accept the C ode of Good Practice, among them, 87  central 
governmental standardizing bodies, 64 non-government al 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.  This revision reflects the wit hdrawal of the Japan Fair Trade Commission from 
the Code of Good Practice.  
                                                      
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. G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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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 
Benin Beninese Centre for 
Standardization and 
Quality Management 
(CEBENOR)  Central gov. 20 February 2002  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
Bolivian Republic of 
Venezuela Comisión Venezolana de 
Normas Industriales - Venezuelan Commission 
for Industrial Standards 
(COVENIN)  Central gov. 14 May 1996 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 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 
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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
Estonia National Standards Board 
of Estonia (EVS) Central gov. 30 July 1997 
European Union 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 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
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 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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
Jamaica Jamaica Bureau of 
Standards (JBS) Central gov. 12 April 1996 
Japan Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forestry and Fisheries Central gov. 24 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 Institution for 
Standards and Metrology 
(JISM) Central gov. 22 May 2000 
Kenya Kenya Bureau of 
Standards (KEBS) Parastatal 22 November 1995 
Korea, Republic 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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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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 
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Mexico (Cont'd)  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.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
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  G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
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 G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.18 
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  WTO Member Name of Standardizing 
Body Type of Standardizing 
Body Date of Acceptance of 
the Code 
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 
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 Bu reau 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.18 
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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 
(“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 
Uruguay Instituto Uruguayo de 
Normas Técnicas (UNIT) Non-gov. 12 September 1997 
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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