Standardisation bodies
European Standardisation Bodies
- CEN: European Committee for Standardisation (www.cen.eu)
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 33 European countries. CEN is active in multiple sectors like chemistry, construction, consumer products, energy, environment, food, healthcare, health and safety, heating-cooling-ventilation and air conditioning, information society, materials, mechanical engineering such as machinery and pressure equipment, metrology, nanotechnology, security & defence, services, transport, etc.
- CENELEC: European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (www.cenelec.eu)
CENELEC is the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization and is responsible for standardization in the electrotechnical engineering field.
- ETSI: European Telecommunications Standards Institute (www.etsi.org)
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies
National Standardisation Bodies
CEN / CENELEC Members
Acronym | Country | Organization | Website |
ASI | Austria | Austrian Standards International - Standardization and Innovation | www.austrian-standards.at |
NBN | Belgium | Bureau de Normalisation/Bureau voor Normalisatie | www.nbn.be |
BDS | Bulgaria | Bulgarian Institute for Standardization | www.bds-bg.org |
HZN | Croatia | Croatian Standards Institute | www.hzn.hr |
CYS | Cyprus | Cyprus Organization for Standardisation | www.cys.org.cy |
UNMZ | Czech Republic | Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing | www.unmz.cz |
DS | Denmark | Dansk Standard | www.ds.dk |
EVS | Estonia | Estonian Centre for Standardisation | www.evs.ee |
SFS | Finland | Suomen Standardisoimisliitto r.y. | www.sfs.fi |
AFNOR | France | Association Française de Normalisation | www.afnor.org |
DIN | Germany | Deutsches Institut für Normung | www.din.de |
NQIS/ELOT | Greece | National Quality Infrastructure System | www.elot.gr |
MSZT | Hungary | Hungarian Standards Institution | www.mszt.hu |
IST | Iceland | Icelandic Standards | www.stadlar.is |
NSAI | Ireland | National Standards Authority of Ireland | www.nsai.ie |
UNI | Italy | Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione | www.uni.com |
LVS | Latvia | Latvian Standard Ltd. | www.lvs.lv |
LST | Lithuania | Lithuanian Standards Board | www.lsd.lt |
ILNAS | Luxembourg | Organisme Luxembourgeois de Normalisation | www.portail-qualite.lu |
MCCAA | Malta | The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority | https://mccaa.org.mt |
NEN | Netherlands | Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut | www.nen.nl |
SN | Norway | Standards Norway | www.standard.no/ |
PKN | Poland | Polish Committee for Standardization | www.pkn.pl |
IPQ | Portugal | Instituto Português da Qualidade | www.ipq.pt |
ISRSM | Republic of North Macedonia | Standardization Institute of the Republic of North Macedonia | www.isrm.gov.mk |
ASRO | Romania | Romanian Standards Association | www.asro.ro |
ISS | Serbia | Institute for Standardization of Serbia | www.iss.rs |
UNMS SR | Slovakia | Slovak Office of Standards Metrology and Testing | www.unms.sk |
SIST | Slovenia | Slovenian Institute for Standardization | www.sist.si |
UNE | Spain | Asociación Española de Normalización | www.une.org |
SIS | Sweden | Swedish Institute for Standards - SIS | www.sis.se |
SNV | Switzerland | Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung | www.snv.ch |
TSE | Turkey | Turkish Standards Institution | www.tse.org.tr |
BSI | United Kingdom | British Standards Institution | www.bsigroup.com |
International Standardisation Bodies
- ISO: International Standardization Organisation (www.iso.org )
International multisectoral standardisation organisation active in all fields except the electrotechnical and the telecommunication field.
- IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission (www.iec.ch )
International organisation active in the electrotechnical area.
- ITU: International Telecommunication Union (www.itu.int )
International organisation active in the telecommunications area.