Standardization and Conformity Assessment Bodies - Canada

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies -
Canada
IAAC
PAC
ILAC
IAF
COPANT
APLAC
ISO
WTO/TBT
JTC1
ITU
Codex
Inquiry point
IEC
WTO/SPS
SCC Standard Council of Canada
Industry Canada
Health Canada
CNRC
Accredited SDOs
Measurement Canada
TSACC
BNQ
CGSB
CSA
ULC
OIML
APLMF
INMS
NINT
BIPM
APMP
Regional
Government
International
Non-Government
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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies -
Canada

• Standard Council of Canada (SCC)
• www.scc.ca
• A federal Crown corporation with the mandate to
  promote efficient and effective standardization
• The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
• www.bnq.qc.ca
• A member organization of the National Standards
  System of Canada and operates in the fields of
  Standards development, the product, process,
  service and person Certification, the system
  registration of quality and environmental
  management systems.
• Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
• www.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb
• An organization of the Government of Canada,
  offers Standards Development services,
  Certification and Qualification Programs and
  Management Systems Programs
• Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
• www.csa.ca
• A non-profit membership-based association
  accredited by SCC as one of nationally accredited
  SDOs
• Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC)
• www.ulc.ca
• An independent, not-for-profit product safety
  testing and certification organization

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies -
Canada

• Industry Canada
• www.ic.gc.ca
• Measurement Canada
• http//strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inmc-mc.ns
  f/en/Home
• Administers and enforces the Electricity and Gas
  Inspection Act and the Weights and Measures Act
  through the exclusive constitutional authority of
  the Government of Canada
• Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of
  Canada (TSACC)
• www.tsacc.ic.gc.ca
• An industry-government partnership formed in 1991
  to develop strategic directions for
  standardization in the Information Technology and
  Telecommunications (ITT) sectors.
• National Research Council Canada
• www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• the Government of Canada's premier organization
  for research and development
• Institute for National Measurement Standards
• http//inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html
• Canadas national metrology institute (NMI). In
  accordance with the National Research Council
  Act, it is charged with the responsibility to
  investigate and determine standards and methods
  of measurement

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies -
Canada

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  high-level, block diagram form, the entities of
  the standards and conformity assessment systems
  of the particular economy and their primary
  inter-relationships and relationships to
  international and regional organizations all on
  one slide.
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  only those subdivisions most directly related to
  standards and conformity assessment are shown.
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