National Standards Organizations

The following are some of the many National Standards Organizations:

 

Afghanistan: Afghanistan National Standardization Authority (ANSA)

Albania: General Directorate of Standardization (DPS) Web Address: www.dps.gov.al

Algeria: Institut Algérien de Normalisation (IANOR) Web Address: www.ianor.org

Angola:  Instituto Angolano de Normalização e Qualidade (IANORQ)

Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS)

Argentina:  Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM) Web Address: www.iram.com.ar

Armenia:  National Institute of Standards (SARM) Web Address: www.sarm.am

Australia:  Standards Australia (SA) Web Address: www.standards.org.au/

Austria:  Austrian Standards Institute (ASI) Web Address: www.as-institute.at

Azerbaijan:  State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of Azerbaijan Republic (AZSTAND) Web Address: www.azstand.gov.az

Bahrain:  Bahrain Standards & Metrology Directorate (BSMD) Web Address: www.commerce.gov.bh

Bangladesh:  Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI)

Barbados:  Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI)

Belarus:  State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (BELST) Web Address: www.gosstandart.gov.by

Belgium:  Bureau de Normalisation (NBN) Web Address: www.nbn.be

Benin:  Centre Béninois de Normalisation et de Gestion de la Qualité (CEBENOR)

Bhutan:  Standards and Quality Control Authority (SQCA) Web Address: www.sqca.gov.bt

Bolivia:  Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA) Web Address: www.ibnorca.org

Bosnia and Herzegovina:  Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS) Web Address: www.bas.gov.ba

Botswana: Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) Web Address: www.bobstandards.bw

Brazil:  Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) Web Address: www.abnt.org.br/

Brunei Darussalam:  Construction Planning and Research Unit (CPRU) Web Address: www.mod.gov.bn

Bulgaria:  Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) Web Address: www.bds-bg.org

Burkina Faso:  Direction de la Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité (FASONORM)

Burundi:  Bureau burundais de Normalisation et Contrôle de la Qualité (BBN)

Cambodia:  Department of Industrial Standards of Cambodia (ISC) Web Address: www.isc.gov.kh

Cameroon:  Division de la Normalisation et de la Qualité (CDNQ) Web Address: www.minimidt.gov.cm

Canada:  Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Web Address: www.scc.ca

Chile:  Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN) Web Address: www.inn.cl

China:  Standardization Administration of China (SAC) Web Address: www.sac.gov.cn

Colombia:  Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC) Web Address: www.icontec.org

Congo:  Office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC)

Association Congolaise de Normalisation (ACONOR)

Costa Rica:  Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO) Web Address: www.inteco.or.cr

Croatia:  Croatian Standards Institute (HZN) Web Address: www.hzn.hr

Cuba:  Oficina Nacional de Normalización (NC) Web Address: www.nc.cubaindustria.cu

Cyprus:  Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS) Web Address: www.cys.org.cy

Czech Republic:  Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (UNMZ) Web Address: www.cni.cz

Côte d'Ivoire:  Côte d'Ivoire Normalisation (CODINORM)

Denmark:  Dansk Standard (DS) Web Address: www.ds.dk/

Dominica:  Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS)

Dominican Republic (DIGENOR):  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad Web Address: www.digenor.gob.do

Ecuador:  Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN) Web Address: www.inen.gov.ec

Egypt:  Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) Web Address: www.eos.org.eg

El Salvador:  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Web Address: www.conacyt.gob.sv

Eritrea:  Eritrean Standards Institution (ESI)

Estonia:  Eesti Standardikeskus (EVS) Web Address: www.evs.ee

Ethiopia:  Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE) Web Address: www.qsae.org

Fiji:  Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office (FTSQCO) Web Address: www.pasc.standards.org.au

Finland:  Finnish Standards Association (SFS) Web Address: www.sfs.fi/

France:  Association française de normalisation (AFNOR) Web Address: www.afnor.org

Gabon:  Agence de Normalisation et de Transfert de Technologies (ANTT)

Gambia:  Gambia Standards Focal Point (GAMSFP)

Georgia:  Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology (GEOSTM) Web Address: www.gnims.caucasus.net

Germany:  DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) Web Address: www.din.de

Ghana:  Ghana Standards Board (GSB) Web Address: www.ghanastandards.org

Greece:  Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) Web Address: www.elot.gr/

Guatemala:  Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR) Web Address: www.coguanor.org

Guinea:  Institut Guinéen de Normalisation et de Métrologie (IGNM)

Guyana:  Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Web Address : www.gnbs.info

Honduras:  Consejo Hondureño de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COHCIT) Web Address: www.hondurascalidad.com

Hong Kong, China:  Innovation and Technology Commission (ITCHKSAR) Web Address: www.itc.gov.hk

Hungary:  Magyar Szabványügyi Testület (MSZT) Web Address: www.mszt.hu/

Iceland:  Icelandic Standards (IST) Web Address: www.ist.is

India:  Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Web Address: www.bis.org.in

Indonesia:  Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN) Web Address: www.bsn.go.id

Iran, Islamic Republic of (ISIRI):  Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI) Web Address: www.isiri.org

Iraq:  Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC)

Ireland:  National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) Web Address: www.nsai.ie

Israel:  Standards Institution of Israel (SII) Web Address: www.sii.org.il

Italy:  Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI) Web Address: www.uni.com

Jamaica:  Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Web Address: www.bsj.org.jm

Japan:  Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) Web Address: www.jisc.go.jp/

Jordan:  Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) Web Address: www.jism.gov.jo

Kazakhstan:  Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology (KAZMEMST) Web Address: www.memst.kz

Kenya:  Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)

Korea:  Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) Web Address: www.kats.go.kr

Kuwait:  Public Authority for Industry (KOWSMD) Web Address: www.pai.gov.kw

Kyrgyzstan:  National Institute for Standards and Metrology of the Kyrgyz Republic, Web Address: www.nism.gov.kg

Lao People’s Democratic Republic:  Department of Intellectual Property, Standardization and Metrology (DISM)

Lebanon:  Lebanese Standards Institution (LIBNOR) Web Address: www.libnor.org

Lesotho:  Standards and Quality Assurance Department (LSQAS)

Liberia:  Liberia Division of Standards (LDS) Web Address: www.moci.gov.lr

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:  Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) Web Address: www.lncsm.org.ly

Lithuania:  Lithuanian Standards Board (LST) Web address: www.lsd.lt

Luxembourg:  Institut luxembourgeois de la normalisation, de l'accréditation, de la sécurité et qualité des produits et services (ILNAS) Web Address: www.ilnas.lu

Macau, China:  Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) Web Address: www.cpttm.org.mo

Madagascar:  Bureau de Normes de Madagascar (BNM)

Malawi:  Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) Web Address : www.mbsmw.org

Malaysia:  Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM) Web Address: www.standardsmalaysia.gov.my

Malta:  Malta Standards Authority (MSA) Web Address: www.msa.org.mt

Mauritania:  Direction de la Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité (DNPQ)

Mauritius:  Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB) Web Address: msb.intnet.mu

Mexico:  Dirección General de Normas (DGN) Web Address: www.economia.gob.mx

Moldova:  National Institute of Standardization and Metrology of the Republic of Moldova, Web Address: www.standard.md

Mongolia:  Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM) Web Address: www.masm.gov.mn

Montenegro:  Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME) Web Address: www.isme.me

Morocco:  Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine (SNIMA) Web Address: www.mcinet.gov.ma/snima/

Mozambique:  Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ) Web Address: www.innoq.gov.mz

Myanmar:  Myanma Scientific and Technological Research Department (MSTRD)

Namibia:  Namibian Standards Institution (NSI)

Nepal:  Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) Web Address: www.nepalstandards.gov.np

Netherlands:  Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut (NEN) Web Address: www.nen.nl

New Zealand:  Standards New Zealand (SNZ) Web Address: www.standards.co.nz

Nigeria:  Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Web Address: www.sononline-ng.org

Norway:  Standards Norway (SN) Web Address: www.standard.no

Oman:  Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements (DGSM) Web Address: www.mocioman.gov.om

Pakistan:  Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) Web Address: www.psqca.com.pk

Palestine:  Palestine Standards Institution (PSI) Web Address: www.psi.gov.ps

Panama:  Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas (COPANIT) Web Address: www.mici.gob.pa

Papua New Guinea:  National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT) Web Address: www.nisit.gov.pg

Paraguay:  Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (INTN) Web Address: www.intn.gov.py

Peru:  Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) Web Address: www.indecopi.gob.pe/

Philippines:  Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) Web Address: www.bps.dti.gov.ph

Poland:  Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN) Web Address: www.pkn.pl

 Portugal:  Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ) Web Address: www.ipq.pt/

Qatar:  Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS) Web Address: www.qs.org.qa

Romania:  Asociatia de Standardizare din România (ASRO) Web Address: www.asro.ro

Rwanda:  Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) Web Address: www.rwanda-standards.org

Saint Lucia:  Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS) Web Address: www.slbs.org.lc

Saudi Arabia:  Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) Web Address: www.saso.org.sa

Senegal:  Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation, Web Address: www.asn.sn

Serbia:  Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) Web Address: www.iss.rs

Seychelles:  Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS) Web Address: www.seychelles.net/sbsorg

Singapore:  Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring SG) Web Address: www.spring.gov.sg/

Slovakia:  Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN) Web Address: www.sutn.sk

Slovenia:  Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) Web Address: www.sist.si

South Africa:  South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Web Address: www.sabs.co.za/

Spain:  Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR) Web Address: www.aenor.es/

Sri Lanka:  Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) Web Address: www.slsi.lk

Sudan:  Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO) Web Address: www.ssmo.gov.sd

Sweden:  Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) Web Address: www.sis.se/

Switzerland:  Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV) Web Address: www.snv.ch/

Syrian Arab Republic:  Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology (SASMO) Web Address: www.sasmo.org

Tajikistan:  Agency of Standardization, Metrology, Certification and Trade Inspection (TJKSTN)

Tanzania:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) Web Address: www.tbstz.org

Thailand:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) Web Address: www.tisi.go.th/

Tunisia:  Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI) Web Address: www.innorpi.tn

Turkey:  Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü (TSE) Web Address: www.tse.org.tr

USA:  American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Web Address: www.ansi.org

Uganda:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) Web Address: www.unbs.go.ug

Ukraine:  State Committee of Ukraine on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (DSSU) Web Address: www.dssu.gov.ua

United Arab Emirates:  Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) Web Address: www.esma.ae

United Kingdom:  British Standards Institution (BSI) Web Address: www.bsigroup.com

Uruguay:  Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT) Web Address: www.unit.org.uy

Uzbekistan:  Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan (UZSTANDARD) Web Address: www.standart.uz

Venezuela:  Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad (FONDONORMA) Web Address: www.fondonorma.org.ve

Vietnam:  Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) Web Address: tcvn.gov.vn

Yemen:  Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO)

Zambia:  Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS)

Zimbabwe:  Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) Web Address: www.saz.org.zw