WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/N/125
21 December 2000
(00-5649)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Under paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and
Application of Standards contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies that have accepted or w ithdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to
the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva."  The following notification conveyed to the Secretariatfrom the ISO/IEC Information Centre is being circulated for the information of Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
Notification of Acceptance
Country/Customs Territory/ Regional Arrangement:  SULTANATE OF OMAN
Name of standardizing body: Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Address of standardizing body: P.O. Box 350-Postal Code 113
Muscat
Oman
Telephone:  +968 7713238 Telefax:  +968 7715992 Telex:           
E-mail: dgsm123@omantel.net.om
(http://www.mocioman.org)Internet:           
Type of standardizing body:
[X]  central governmental [     ]  local governmental [     ]  non-governmental
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:  Establishing and implementation of
Omani National Standards in all fields of industrial and economic activity including health, safety,
quality and environmental management systems.  Participation in the International standardization
and Regional standardization, such as Standa rdization and Metrology Organization for Gulf
Cooperation Council (GSMO).  Arab Organization for Industrial Development and Mining.  Indian
Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC).
Other related important current and expected activities are:  Testing laboratories in various technical
fields for testing and analytical services (including precious metals assaying) for public and private
sector, quality assurance services, product and quality systems certification, HACCP, EMS
certification, legal and industrial metrology, calibration services, accreditation of laboratories and
conformity assessment organizations.
Date:  18 December 2000