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21 July 2023  
(23-5006) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE  
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE  
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"Standardizing bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from this Code shall n otify this fact to the 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.  
 
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement:  NEPAL 
Name of standardizing body:  Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)  
Address of standardizing body:  Balaju, Kathmandu Nepal  
Telephone:  +977 -1-4950818, 4950447, 
4956672, 4961141, 4950445  Fax: 977-1-4950689  
Email: nbsm@nbsm.gov.np ; 
info@nbsm.gov.np ; nbsm010@gmail.com  Internet:   
Type of standardizing body:   
 [ X ] central governmental  
[   ] local governmental  
[   ] non-governmental  
Scope of current and expected standardization activities:  As the National standards Body, 
NBSM prepares demand based National standards by adopting appropriate regional/international 
standards as well as formulating indigenous  standards through consultation with stakeholders. 
NBSM also takes part in international /regional standardization activities both as a participating 
member and as an observer. The current scope of NBSM standardization activities covers various 
sectors including climate change, energy management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, 
food safety and others.  
Date:  17 July 2023   
 
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