WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/CS/N/148
13 November 2002
(02-6295)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
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 Secretariat
from 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:  KUWAIT
Name of standardizing body:   Standards & Metrology Departmet (KOWSMD)
Address of standardizing body: Public Authority for Industry
P.O. Box:  4690 Safat
Code 13047 Kuwait
Al-Farwaniya – Kuwait
Telephone:  +965 4318740 Telefax:  +965 4316704 Telex:  
E-mail:  kowsmd@pai.gov.kw Internet:           
Type of standardizing body:
[X]  central governmental [     ]  local governmental [     ]  non-governmental
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:   Developing and publishing of
national standards and adoption of foreign and international standards as national standards, Quality
mark licensing and issuing conformity certificate for local and imported products.
Date:  29 October 2002