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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/1/Add.1
8January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0027)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
LIST OFSTANDARDIZING BODIES THAT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CODE
OFGOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND
APPLICATION OFSTANDARDS
1996
TheMinisterial Decision onReview oftheISO/IEC Information Centre Publication
adopted inMarrakesh on15December 1993 states thattheCommittee onTechnical
Barriers toTrade shall: "atleastonceayearreview thepublication provided bythe
ISO/IEC Information Centre oninformation received according totheCode ofGood
Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards inAnnex 3ofthe
Agreement, forthepurpose ofaffording Members opportunity ofdiscussing anymatters
relating totheoperation ofthatCode.
Inorder tofacilitate thisdiscussion, theSecretariat shallprovide alistbyMember ofall
standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theCode, aswellasalistofthose standardizing
bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from theCode since theprevious review."
Attached isalistbyMember ofstandardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theCode of
Good Practice intheperiod under review. In1996, 35standardizing bodies from 21Members
haveaccepted theCode ofGood Practice; among them, 11central governmental standardizing
bodies, 20non-governmental standardizing bodies, oneparastatal body andthree non-
governmental regional bodies.G/TBT/CS/1/Add.1
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
AUSTRIA Österreichischer Verband für
Elektrotechnik (ÖVE) -Austrian
Electrotechnical Associationnon-gov. 25July1996
AUSTRIA ONÖsterreichisches
Normungsinstitut -Austrian
Standards Institutenon-gov. 3June 1996
BULGARIA Committee forStandardization and
Metrology (BDS)central gov. 30December 1996
CUBA Oficina National deNormalización
(NC) -Cuban National Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 29February 1996
DENMARK Danish Standards Association non-gov. 18March 1996
ECUADOR INEN -Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacióncentral gov. 24June 1996
ELSALVADOR Consejo Nacional deCiencia y
Tecnologia (CONACYT) -
National Council ofScience and
Technologycentral gov. 27November 1996
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIESEuropean Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI)non-gov.
regional21January 1996
JAMAICA Jamaica Bureau ofStandards (JBS) central gov. 12April 1996
JAPAN Ministry ofInternational Trade
andIndustrycentral gov. 7May 1996
JAPAN Japanese Industrial Standards
Committee (JISC)central gov. 25June 1996
JAPAN FairTrade Commission central gov. 25April 1996
JAPAN Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry
andFisheriescentral gov. 24April 1996
MALAWI Malawi Bureau ofStandards parastatal 25November 1996
NETHERLANDS Dutch Standardization Institute non-gov. 1February 1996
NORWAY Norges Standardiseringsforbund non-gov. 7May 1996
POLAND Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny
(PKN) -Polish Committee for
Standardizationnon-gov. 1August 1996
SLOVENIA Standards andMetrology Institute
(SMIS)non-gov. 5February 1996G/TBT/CS/1/Add.1
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
SPAIN Asociación Española de
Normalización yCertificación
(AENOR) -Spanish
Standardization andCertification
Associationnon-gov. 20May 1996
SWEDEN BST-Byggstandardiseringen -
Swedish Building Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 3July1996
SWEDEN HSS-Hälso- och
sjukvårdsstandardiseringen -
Swedish Healthcare Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996
SWEDEN TKS -Tryckkärkstandardiseringen
-Swedish Pressure Vessel
Standardizationnon-gov. 9September 1996
SWEDEN ITS-Informationstekniska
standardiseringen -Swedish
Information Technology
Standardizationnon-gov. 19July1996
SWEDEN IKH-Kran- och
Hisstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Crane- andLift
Standardizationnon-gov. 19September 1996
SWEDEN SIS-Swedish Standards Institution non-gov. 30September 1996
SWEDEN Svenska Elektriska Kommissionen non-gov. 9September 1996
SWEDEN Allamänna
Standardiseringensgruppen, STG -
Swedish General Standards
Institutionnon-gov. 5July1996
SWEDEN MMS -Material- och
Mekanstandardiseringen -The
Swedish Materials andMechanical
Standards Institutionnon-gov. 19August 1996
SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Normen-
Vereinigung (SNV) -Swiss
Association forStandardizationnon-gov. 12February 1996
TRINIDAD and
TOBAGOTrinidad andTobago Bureau of
Standardscentral gov. 25March 1996
TURKEY Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü -
Turkish Standards Institutionnon-gov. 6March 1996G/TBT/CS/1/Add.1
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WTO Member Name ofstandardizing body Type of
standardizing
bodyDate ofacceptance of
theCode
VENEZUELA Comisión Venezolana deNormas
Industriales (COVENIN) -
Venezuelan Commission for
Industrial Standardscentral gov. 14May 1996
WESTERN
EUROPEEuropean Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization
(CENELEC)non-gov.
regional10July1996
WESTERN
EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES (EU
andEFTA
countries)European Committee for
Standardizationnon-gov.
regional25April 1996
ZIMBABWE Standards Association of
Zimbabwenon-gov. 10January 1996