Bodies responsible for standards
- Body
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(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.
- Organization
- Body that is based on the membership of other bodies or individuals and has an established constitution and its own administration
- Standardizing body
- Body that has recognized activities in standardization
- Standards body
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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.
- National standards body
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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
- Regional standardizing organization
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Standardizing organization whose membership is open to the relevant national body from each country within one specific geographical, political or economic area only
- Regional standards organization
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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
- International standardizing organization
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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
- International standards organization
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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
