(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The official bulletin of the Croatian Standards Institute (HZN Glasilo) is issued every two months. It contains Announcements of normative documents with data on the results of Croatian, international and European standardization.
HZN Glasilo bulletin deals with standardization topics and brings news from HZN and international and European standards bodies...
