Bodies responsible for standards

(responsible for standards and regulations) legal or administrative entity that has specific tasks and composition
NOTE: Examples of bodies are organizations, authorities, companies and foundations.

Body that is based on the membership of other bodies or individuals and has an established constitution and its own administration

Body that has recognized activities in standardization

Standardizing body recognized at national, regional or international level, that has as a principal function, by virtue of its statutes, the preparation, approval or adoption of standards that are made available to the public
NOTE: A standards body may also have other principal functions.

Standards body recognized at the national level, that is eligible to be the national member of the corresponding international and regional standards organizations

National standards body in the Republic of Croatia is
CROATIAN STANDARDS INSTITUTE (HRVATSKI ZAVOD ZA NORME) - HZN

Some national standards bodies:
ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE DE NORMALISATION - AFNOR
BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION - BSI
DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR NORMUNG - DIN
ENTE NAZIONALE ITALIANO DI UNIFICAZIONE - UNI
ÖSTERREICHISCHES NORMUNGSINSTITUT - ON
SLOVENSKI INSTITUT ZA NORMIZACIJU - SIST

Standardizing organization whose membership is open to the relevant national body from each country within one specific geographical, political or economic area only

Standards organization whose membership is open to the relevant national body from each country within one geographical, political or economic area only

Example: European standardization

European organizations for standardization:
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION - CEN
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR ELECTROTECHNICAL STANDARDIZATION - CENELEC
EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE - ETSI

Standardizing organization whose membership is open to the relevant national body from every country

Standards organization whose membership is open to the relevant national body from every country

The most famous international organizations for standardization:
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION - ISO
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION - IEC