Standardization and Conformity Assessment Bodies - European Union

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU
ITU
JTC1
IEC
ISO
National Standardization Bodies in Europe
National Standardization Bodies in Europe
IAF
ILAC
ANEC
CEN
CENELEC
ETSI
ECOS
EA
NORMAPME
Nationally Recognized Accreditation Bodies
Nationally Recognized Accreditation Bodies
EFTA Secretariat
European Commission
Codex
Enterprise DG
WTO/TBT
Health Consumer Protection DG
Inquiry point
EOTC
WTO/SPS
European Food Safety Authority
European National Governments
EUROLAB
Individual Certification bodies
Individual Certification bodies
Trade DG
Eurep GAP
National Governments
Environment DG
CEOC
TUTB
Agriculture DG
International
EUROMET
WELMEC
OIML
Government
NMIs in Europe
National Legal Metrology Authorities in Europe
BIPM
NMIs in Europe
National Legal Metrology Authorities
Non-Government
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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU

• EC (European Commission)
• http//europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
• EC proposes legislation, policies and programs of
  action and is responsible for implementing the
  decisions of Parliament and the Council.
• Members Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech
  Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
  Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
  Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal,
  Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The
  Netherlands, United Kingdom
• Enterprise DG
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/index_en.htm
• Controls overall standards related policy
  including New and Global Approach
• Gives financial support to the secretariats of
  the European standards organizations and also
  funds special groups to take part in
  standardization. Where necessary, contributes
  towards the costs of developing some specific
  standards and often helps to fund related
  research projects.
• Health and Consumer Protection DG
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/inde
  x_en.htm
• Takes care of public health, food safety, and
  consumer affairs issues
• Contact point of European Commission to Codex and
  WTO/SPS
• EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
• www.efsa.eu.int
• Provides scientific advice on food and feed
  safety - including animal health and welfare and
  plant protection - and provides scientific advice
  on nutrition in relation to Community
  legislation.

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU

• Environment DG
• www.eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm
• Controls technical policy and regulations
  relating to environment, such as MEAs and Eco
  labeling.
• Agriculture DG
• www.eu.int/comm/agriculture/index_en.htm
• Controls food quality.
• EFTA (European Fair Trade Association)
  Secretariat
• http//secretariat.efta.int/
• EFTA secretariat maintains the management of the
  EFTA Convention (intra-EFTA trade), the EEA
  Agreement (EFTA-EU relations), and the EFTA free
  trade agreements (third country relations).
• Members Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
  Switzerland
• CEN (European Committee for Standardization)
• www.cen.eu
• A system of formal processes to produce
  standards, shared principally between 28 National
  Members, 8 Associate Members and two Counselors
• CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical
  Standardization)
• www.cenelec.org

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU

• EUROMET (European Collaboration in Measurement
  Standards)
• www.euromet.org
• Cooperative voluntary organization among national
  metrology institutes (NMI's) of the EU including
  the European Commission, EFTA and EU Accession
  States.
• WELMEC (European Cooperation in Legal Metrology)
• www.welmec.org
• Founded based on the Memorandum of Understanding
  signed by representatives of 18 national legal
  metrology authorities in European Union and EFTA
  member states.
• EA (European Cooperation for Accreditation)
• www.european-accreditation.org
• The Members of EA are the nationally recognized
  accreditation bodies of the member countries or
  the candidate countries, of the European Union
  and EFTA.
• EOTC (European Organization for Conformity
  Assessment)
• www.eotc.be
• Established by the European Commission, the
  European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the
  European Standards Bodies.
• EUROLAB (European Federation of National
  Associations of Measurement, Testing and
  Analytical Laboratories)
• http//141.63.4.16/
• Created on the basis of a memorandum of
  understanding, signed by delegations representing
  the private and public laboratories of 17 out of
  the 19 countries of the EEC and EFTA.

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU

• EurepGAP (Euro-Retailer Producer Working Group -
  Good Agricultural Practices)
• www.eurep.org
• EurepGAP is a set of normative documents suitable
  to be accredited to internationally recognized
  certification criteria such as ISO Guide 65
• ANEC (The European Consumer Voice in
  Standardization)
• www.anec.org
• Contributes directly to the work of more than 60
  technical committees, working groups and new
  deliverables of the European Standards
  Organizations (ESOs).
• ECOS (European Environmental Citizens
  Organization for Standardization)
• www.ecostandard.org
• A consortium of NGOs active in the field of
  environmental protection, created to enhance the
  voice of environment within the European
  standardization system.
• Influences the content of the European standards
  established by CEN (European Committee for
  Standardization) and CENELEC
• NORMAPME (The European Office of Crafts, Trades
  and SMEs for Standardization)
• www.normapme.com
• To defend the interests of all European SMEs
  within the standardization system
• TUTB (European Trade Union Technical Bureau for
  Health and Safety)
• http//tutb.etuc.org/uk/default.asp

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Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - EU

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• The information contained in this presentation
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  and private sector members and also with its
  international partners. The primary purpose of
  the chart is to attempt to portray, in
  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.
• While many organizations have many subdivisions,
  only those subdivisions most directly related to
  standards and conformity assessment are shown.
• The chart is one perspective of the systems, with
  emphasis on identification and representation of
  the various entities. The chart would look
  different if the entities were drawn proportional
  to their relative work volumes in the systems, or
  if they were drawn proportional to their
  respective standards and conformity assessment
  revenues or budgets.
• Such a representation will have inaccuracies
  which will require correction. The chart is a
  work in progress and we welcome comments and
  suggestions for consistent improvement for
  purposes of accuracy and education.
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