National
NATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS
Australia - Department of
Industry, Science and Resources, Technical and Regulatory Barriers to Trade
Section
Deals with standards & conformance issues, mutual recognition
arrangements, Australia-European Community Mutual Recognition Agreement, New
Approach Directives, Australia's Conformity Assessment Bodies, TTMRA
Australia -
Standards Australia
Information about standardization and the standardization process,
links to commercial activities and online standards shop.
Brunei -
Ministry of Development
Responsible amongst other things for standards in the country.
Canada - CSA
Canadian Standards Association, with information about CSA, its
standards, an online shop and consumer information.
Canada -
Institute for National Measurement Standards
Canadian National Research Council
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html
Canada - Québec
- Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
Information on the standardization process and how to participate,
about standards conformity certifiacaion activities, management systems
registration and laboratory assessment services.
Canada - SCC.CA
Standards Council of Canada
China - China
Wireless Telecommunication Standard group (CWTS)
Organization working on wireless telecommunications standards for
China.
http://www.cwts.org/cwts/index_eng.html
Ethiopia - ECOSA
Ethiopian Computer Standards Association; with contact information,
list of officers and information about fields of activity and research projects.
http://ecosa.ethiopiaonline.net/
Ethiopia -
Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia - QSAE
Organizational structure; lists of current Ethiopian standards,
drafts and withdrawn standards; information on regulation and product
certification activities, and training, metrology and testing services. With
news and news archive and links to related sites.
Finland - SFS
Suomen
Standardisoimisliitto - Finnish Standards Association.
http://www.sfs.fi/english.html
France: AFNOR
Information about standardization activities and
training/certification services.
http://www.afnor.fr/portail.asp?Lang=English
Germany: DKE
German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies of DIN and VDE. Information on DKE's mandate, news from the
Technical Committees, links to related organizations and contact information.
Germany: DRSC/GASC
The German Accounting Standards Committee (German abbreviation: DRSC)
develops accounting standards for the German Commercial Code. Information about
its standards and meetings.
http://www.standardsetter.de/drsc/news/news_eng.php?list_id=1&language=English
Germany - VDE
Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies -
(Germany) - professional organization of electrical engineers; issues, in
collaboration with DIN, standards for the field of electrical engineering. VDE
standards are sold by Beuth Verlag (www.beuth.de).
http://www.vde.de/vde/html/e/online/online.htm
Germany - VDI
Professional association of engineers - issues VDI standards (about
1500 to date) in all areas of technology - standards are sold by Beuth Verlag (www.beuth.de)
http://www.vdi.de/vdi/english/index.php
Hong Kong - STC
(Standards and Testing Centre)
Hong Kong's established independent, not-for-profit, testing,
inspection and certification institute.
Iceland - STRÍ
Icelandic Council for Standardization. With introduction and
catalogue search in English.
Iran -
ISIRI
Institute of
Standards and Industrial Research of Iran.
http://www.isiri.org/English/edefault.htm
Ireland -
National Standards Authority NSAI
standardization organization for the Republic of Ireland
Italy - National
Standards Body
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione.
http://www.unicei.it/eng/index.shtml
Japan - ARIB
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses - works in the fields
of radio and telecommunications.
http://www.arib.or.jp/english/index.html
Japan - EIAJ
Electronic Industries Association of Japan. Data and statistics on
the Japanese electronics industry, a directory of EIAJ members and related
information.
http://www.jeita.or.jp/eiaj/english/
Malaysia -
Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)
DSM is responsible for the standardization and accreditation
activities in Malaysia.
Malaysia - SIRIM
Berhad - Standards writing organisation
Managing the standards development structure in Malaysia inclusive
of international standards committees assigned to Malaysia
Netherlands - NEN
Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut - Netherlands Standardization Institute.
New
Zealand - Standards New Zealand (Paerewa Aotearoa)
the trading arm of
the Standards Council, the NZ standards organization.
Singapore -
SPRING
(Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board), previously PSB
(Singapore Productivity and Standards Board).
Slovenia -
Slovenian Institute for Standardization
SMIS is responsible for the establishment and functioning of
national services for standardization, metrology, accreditation and type
approval of vehicles.
http://www.usm.mzt.si/ENGLISH/OSTALO/standardization.htm
St. Lucia - St.
Lucia Bureau of Standards
With a list of national standards, a form for purchasing them, and a
comment form for draft standards.
Swedish
Institute for Standards
SIS is the central body for standardization in Sweden. SIS is the
Swedish member of the international organizations ISO and CEN.
Thailand -
Industrial Standards Institute - TISI
The Council is responsible for policy making, sets the priority of
standards to be prepared, recommends qualified persons for the Minister to
appoint to technical committees, arbitrates and awards licenses under its
certification scheme.
UK - BSI
British Standards Institution
UK - Defence
Standards
DStan's main purpose is to develop, facilitate and communicate UK
MOD standardization policies, standards, procedures and guidance on
standardization issues.
http://www.dstan.mod.uk/home.htm
UK - National
Physical Laboratory
publishes Measurement Good Practice Guides on metrological fields.
USA - American
Petroleum Institute
API standardization activities identify and support proven, sound
engineering and operating practices, and safe, interchangeable equipment and
materials, for use in the petroleum industry.
USA -
ANSI
American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)
USA -
ASHRAE
American Society of
Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers engages in standards
writing in its areas of expertise.
USA -
ASTM
American Society
for Testing and Materials.
USA -
EIA
Electronic
Industries Alliance - a trade organizations alliance of the US electroics
industry; with information on the standardization work of EIA and its members.
USA - National
Information Standards
A standards developer for the American National Standards Institute
and the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S.
USA -
NFPA
National Fire
Protection Association - publishes fire and buiding safety standards, including
the National Electrical Code.
USA -
NIST
The U.S. National
Institute of Standards and Technology is a federal technology agency that works
with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.
USA -
NMEA
National Marine
Electronics Association; issues standards for interfacing marine electronics
devices.
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