International Standards Bodies - Exporters Almanac

There are a number of international bodies which issue standards which may be applied to exports. Please see a number of these bodies listed below.

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Associations
Caribbean Regional Organisation for Standards & Quality An Inter-Governmental Organisation among the fifteen Member States of the Caribbean Community. CROSQ is the regional centre for promoting efficiency and competitive production in goods and services, through the process of standardization and the verification of quality.
ECS - European Committee for Standardization (CEN) The information in these pages include data on the CEN Community (Members, Affiliates, Partner Standardization Bodies, Partner organizations), Technical Bodies and Standardization work programmes, information on standards: the forecast of publication of new standards. The data are available in English, French and German.
European Federation of Associations of Certification Bodies Association of European Certification Bodies. Provides a focus for the formulation of policy, opinions and views in matters of common interest to its members.
International Accreditation Forum Association of European Certification Bodies. Provides a focus for the formulation of policy, opinions and views in matters of common interest to its members.
International Confederation of Inspection and Certification Organisations Represents 31 independent inspection and certification organisations in 19 countries.
NAICS Association The NAICS Association offers Free & Paid Resources for Businesses of All Sizes.
The European Committee for Standardization The association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries.
Universal Postal Union With its 192 member countries, the UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal sector players.

Financial
SWIFT (Bank Codes) The BIC Search provides access to the basic BIC Information. For professional purposes, please subscribe to the new SWIFTRef Directories.

Industries
SIC Code The leading international resource and provider of industry classification systems. SICCODE specializes in the business classification of SIC and NAICS codes for business identification, verification, and targeting. Search facility to find NAICS & SIC Codes.

Locations
UN/LOCODE United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE). The list indicated allows obtaining the UN/LOCODE Code List 2017-1 for each country.

Organisations
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) The intergovernmental organization through which Member States act together on matters related to measurement science and measurement standards.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 161 national standards bodies.
International Organization of Legal Metrology The mission of the OIML is to enable economies to put in place effective legal metrology infrastructures that are mutually compatible and internationally recognized, for all areas for which governments take responsibility, such as those which facilitate trade, establish mutual confidence and harmonize the level of consumer protection worldwide.

Products
BSI An open, global, multi-sector standard for efficient, accurate classification of products and services.
Gs1 Although the barcode is our most recognisable standard, we maintain many different standards e.g. CPID, GCN, GDTI, GIAI, GINC, GRAI, GSIN, GSRN, GTIN, SSCC .
International ISBN Agency An ISBN is essentially a product identifier used by publishers, booksellers, libraries, internet retailers and other supply chain participants for ordering, listing, sales records and stock control purposes. The ISBN identifies the registrant as well as the specific title, edition and format.
Product Codes - Global Product Classification GPC classifies products by grouping them into categories based on their essential properties as well as their relationships to other products. GPC offers a universal set of standards for everything from a car to a litre of milk.
Product Codes - TARIC TARIC, the integrated Tariff of the European Union, is a multilingual database in which are integrated all measures relating to EU customs tariff, commercial and agricultural legislation. By integrating and coding these measures, the TARIC secures their uniform application by all Member States and gives all economic operators a clear view of all measures to be undertaken when importing into the EU or exporting goods from the EU. It also makes it possible to collect EU-wide statistics for the measures concerned.
The International Standard Serial Number Centre An intergovernmental organization which manages at the international level the identification and the description of serial publications and ongoing resources, print and online, in any subject.
United Nations Standard Products and Services Code An open, global, multi-sector standard for efficient, accurate classification of products and services.
UN Layout Key (UNLK) The United Nations Layout Key is a model form that incorporates agreed specifications on paper size, margins, forms design sheet and presentation of data. It indicates places for the location of specific type of information. UNLK is an essential part of the Document Alignment process as it provides templates for many trade documents.

Services
Praxiom Research Group Ltd. We translate ISO management standards into Plain English.
Product Codes - Combined Nomeclature Combined nomenclature 2017 search engine.
Product Codes - SITC Detailed structure and explanatory notes.
The ISO Standards Glossary This glossary of international standards is designed to provide a ready reference for those seeking the title of international standards.

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