Metrology and Standardization
	Institutions from Various Countries
	Algeria Institut Algérien de Normalisation - IANOR Office National de Métrologie Légale - ONML
	Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards - ABBS
	Argentina Instituto de Normalización y Certificación - IRAM Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial - INTI Sistema Métrico Legal - SIMELA
	Arab Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology - ESMA
	Armenia National Institute of Metrology National Institute of Standards - SARM
	Australia Metrology Society of Australia - MSA National Association of Testing Authorities - NATA National Measurement Institute - NMI SAI Global Standards Australia
	Austria Bundesamt für Eich und Vermessungswesen - BEV Nationales Metrologie Institut - NMI NormungsInstitut - ON   (see Austrian Standards database)
	Azerbaijan State Agency on Standardization, Metrology and Patent - AZS
	Belarus Belarussian State Institute of Metrology - BELGIM
	Belgium Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements - IRMM Institute for Standardization - NBN Ministry of Economy / Market Regulation / Metrology
	Benin Centre Béninois de Normalisation et de Gestion de la Qualité - CEBENOR   (more info)
	Bolivia Instituto Boliviano de Metrología - IBMETRO Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad - IBNORCA
	Bosnia and Herzegovina Institute for Standardization - BAS Institute for Intellectual Property - IPR Institute of Metrology - MET
	Botswana Bureau of Standards - BOBS
	Bulgaria Institute for Standardization - BDS Institute of Metrology - BIM State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance - DAMTN / SAMTS
	Canada CSA Group   (includes 3 institutions : Canadian Standards Association ; CSA International and OnSpeX) Institute for National Measurement Standards - INMS Measurement Canada - MC Standards Council of Canada - SCC
	Chile Instituto Nacional de Normalización - INN Red Nacional de Metrología - RNM
	China Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine - AQSIQ Association for Standardization - CAS Hong Kong Accreditation Service - HKAS Hong Kong Standards and Calibration Laboratory - SCL National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment - CNAS National Institute of Metrology - NIM Standardization Administration - SAC
	Colombia Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación - ICONTEC Instituto Nacional de Metrología - INM Red Colombiana de Metrología
	Costa Rica Instituto de Normas Técnicas - INTECO Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrología - LACOMET
	Croatia Accreditation Agency - HAA Metrology Society - HMD Standards Institute - HZN State Office for Metrology - DZM
	Cuba Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones de Metrología - INIMET Oficina Nacional de Normalización - ONN
	Czech Republic Metrology Institute - CMI Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing - UNMZ
	Denmark Accreditation and Metrology Fund - DANAK Dansk Standard - DS National Metrology Institute - DFM Technological Institute - DTI
	Dominican Republic Bureau of Standards - DBOS Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad - DIGENOR
	Ecuador Centro de Metrología del Ejército Ecuatoriano - CMEE Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización - INEN
	Egypt Egyptian Accreditation Council - EGAC Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality - EOS National Institute of Standards - NIS
	El Salvador Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia - CONACYT   (website being restructured) Programa de Apoyo al Sistema Nacional de Calidad - PROCALIDAD
	Estonia Accreditation Centre - EAK Central Office of Metrology - METROSERT Centre for Standardisation - EVS Technical Surveillance Authority - TJA
	Ethiopia Ethiopian Standard Agency - ESA Quality and Standards Authority - QSAE
	Finland Centre for Metrology and Accreditation - MIKES Metrology Research Institute - MRI Standards Association - SFS
	France Association Française de Normalisation - AFNOR Bureau de la Métrologie Bureau de Normalisation de l'Acier Bureau International des Poids et Mesures - BIPM Fédération Française de l'Acier - FFA Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais - LNE Office Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier - OTUA
	Germany Deutscher AkkreditierungsRat - DAR   (see database about accredited bodies) Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle - DAkkS Deutsches Institut für Normung - DIN Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt - PTB
	Ghana Standards Authority   (see Metrology Division) SGS Ghana
	Greece Hellenic Institute of Metrology - EIM Hellenic Organization for Standardization - ELOT
	Guatemala Centro Nacional de Metrología - CENAME   (also see Metrology Dept./Ministry of Economy) Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas - COGUANOR
	Guyana National Bureau of Standards - GNBS
	Hungary Standards Institution - MSZT Trade Licensing Office - MKEH
	India Bureau of Indian Standards - BIS Metrology Society of India - MSI National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories - NABL National Board of Accreditation - NBA National Physical Laboratory - NPL
	Indonesia National Standardization Agency - BSN Research Center for Calibration, Instrumentation and Metrology
	Iran Institute of Standards and Industrial Research - ISIRI
	Ireland National Metrology Laboratory - NML National Standards Authority - NSAI
	Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority - ISRAC Metrological Society - IMS National Physical Laboratory - INPL Society for Quality - ISQ The Standards Institution - SII   (see complementary information)
	Italy Ente Nazionale Italiano de Unificazione - UNI Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica - INRIM
	Jamaica Bureau of Standards - JBS
	Japan Accreditation Board - JAB AIST Laboratory for Metrology and Measurement Science Chemical Innovation and Inspection Institute - JCII Industrial Standards Committee - JISC National Institute of Technology and Evaluation - NITE National Metrology Institute - NMIJ Standards Association - JSA
	Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization - JISM
	Kazakhstan Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology - KAZMEMST Institute of Metrology - KASINMETR Institute for Standardization and Certification - KAZINST National Center of Accreditation - NCA
	Kenya Bureau of Standards - KEBS Department of Weights and Measures / Ministry of Trade Industrial Research and Development Institute - KIRDI
	Korea Agency for Technology and Standards - KATS Korea Accreditation Board - KAB Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme - KOLAS Research Institute of Standards and Science - KRISS   (also see : Metrology)
	Kyrgystan National Institute for Standards and Metrology - DISM
	Laos Dept. of Industrial Property, Standardisation and Metrology - DISM
	Latvia National Metrology Center - LNMC Standardization Bureau - LVS   (see standards catalogue ; the complete website is not available in english)
	Lebanon Industrial Research Institute / Metrology Laboratory - IRI/ML Ministry of Economy and Trade / Quality Unit - QUALEB Standards Institution - LIBNOR
	Lithuania Metrology Inspectorate Standards Board State Metrology Service - VMT
	Luxembourg CRP Henri Tudor / Laboratoire de Analyse, Essais et Validation des Máteriaux Institut Luxembourgeois de Normalisation, de l’Accréditation, de la Sécurité et Qualité des Produits et Services - ILNAS
	Malaysia Metrology Corporation of Malaysia Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation / Department of Standards Standards and Industrial Research Institute - SIRIM
	Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority - MCCAA   (ver metrology services)
	Mauritius Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection / Metrology Services Standards Bureau - MSB
	Mexico Centro Nacional de Metrología - CENAM Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación - EMA Instituto Mexicano de Control de Calidad - IMECCA Instituto Mexicano de Normalización y Certificación - IMNC Secretaría de Economía / Dirección General de Normas - DGN   (see more info about standardization)
	Moldova Center of Accreditation - CAECP Consumer Protection Agency - CPA   (see MSTQ Handbook) National Institute of Standardization and Metrology - INSM
	Mongolia Agency for Standardization and Metrology Central Geological Laboratory - CGL
	Morocco Association Marocaine de la Métrologie Institut Marocaine de Normalisation - IMANOR Portail de la Métrologie, la Normalisation , l'Accréditation, Certification et Management de la Qualité - IQ MAGHREB
	Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology - NBSM
	Netherlands Nederlands Meetinstituut - NMi Standardization Institute - NEN
	New Zealand International Accreditation New Zealand - IANZ Measurement Standards Laboratory - MSL Metrology Group of Companies Standards New Zealand - SNZ
	Nigeria Conformity Assessment Program - SONCAP Ministry of Trade & Investment/ Legal Metrology Department Standards Organization of Nigeria - SON
	Norway Metrology Service Norwegian Accreditation Standards Norway
	Pakistan National Accreditation Council - PNAC Standards and Quality Control Authority - PSQCA Trade Related Technical Assistance Programme - TRTA
	Panama Centro Nacional de Metrología - CENAMEP
	Papua New Guinea National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology - NISIT
	Paraguay Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología - INTN
	Peru Instituto Nacional de Defensa de Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual - INDECOPI Servicio Nacional de Metrología Sistema Peruano de Normalización
	Philippines Bureau of Products Standards - BPS Industrial Technology Development Institute - ITDI   (ver National Metrology Laboratory - NMLPHIL  e  Standards and Testing Division) SGS Philippines
	Poland Central Office of Measures - GUM Committee for Standardization - PKN
	Portugal Associação Portuguesa para a Qualidade - APQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade / Laboratório de Metrologia - ISQ/LABMETRO Instituto Português da Qualidade - IPQ Sociedade Portuguesa de Metrologia - SPMet
	Romania Bureau of Legal Metrology - BRML National Institute of Metrology - INM Standards Association - ASRO
	Russia Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology - GOST Russian Standards and Regulations - TECHNORMATIV   (also see database of current Russian National Standards, official regulations and their translations)
	Saudi Arabia Standards, Metrologyu and Quality Organization - SASO
	Serbia Bureau of Metrology Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals / Ministry of Finance and Economy Institute for Standardization - ISS Technical Test Center - TOC / Serbian Armed Forces
	Seychelles Bureau of Standards - SBS
	Siberia Scientific Research Institute of Metrology - SNIIM
	Singapore Accreditation Council - SAC National Body for Standards, Metrology and Accreditation - SPRING   (see also Accreditation Schemes and Weights & Measures Programme) National Metrology Centre - NMC Standardisation Programme
	Slovakia Institute of Metrology - SMU Legal Metrology - SLM National Accreditation Service - SNAS Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing Standards Institute - SUTN Technical Testing Intitute "Ústav Piestany" - TSU
	Slovenia Institute for Standardization - SIST Institute of Quality and Metrology - SIQ Metrology Institute - MIRS
	South Africa SABS - Bureau of Standards National Accreditation System - SANAS National Metrology Institute - NMISA
	Spain Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación - AENOR Centro Español de Metrología - CEM Entidad Nacional de Accreditación - ENAC
	Sri Lanka Industrial Technology Institute - ITI Measurement Units, Standards & Services Department / Ministry of Cooperatives and Internal Trade Standards Institution - SLSI
	Sweden Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment - SWEDAC SP Technical Research Institute   (see Measurement Technology  and Metrology Centre) Standards Institute - SIS
	Switzerland Association for Standardization - SNV Federal Office of Metrology - METAS
	Syria Syrian Arab Standards and Metrology Organization - SASMO
	Taiwan Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection - BSMI Industrial Technology Research Institute - ITRI National Measurement Laboratory - NML Taiwan Accreditation Foundation - TAF
	Tanzania Bureau of Standards - TBS Weights and Measures Agency - WMA
	Thailand Bureau of Laboratory Accreditation / Department of Science Service - BLLA-DSS Industrial Standards Institute - TISI Metrology Society of Thailand - MST National Institute of Metrology - NIMT
	Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards - TTBS
	Tunisia Agence National de la Métrologie - ANM Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle - INNORPI
	Turkey Standards Institution - TSE Ulusal Metrology Institution - UME
	Ukraine Center for Standardization, Metrology, Certification and Protection of Consumers' Rights - UKRCSM Institute of Metrology National Accreditation Agency - NAAU
	Uganda National Bureau of Standards - UNBS
	United Kingdom British Standards Institution - BSI Institute of Measurement and Control - INSTMC National Physical Laboratory - NPL   (see UK National Measurement System  and worldwide metrology) National Measurement Office - NMO The Welding Institute - TWI
	United States of America American Association for Laboratory Accreditation - A2LA American National Standards Institute - ANSI   (also see ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board - ACLASS) American Society for Quality - ASQ American Society for Testing and Materials - ASTM International International Accreditation Service - IAS Laboratory Accreditation Bureau - LAB National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation - NACLA National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST   (also see Manufacturing Metrology Portal ; National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program - NVLAP  and  A to Z Index) National Standards System Network - NSSN   (search engine for technical standards) Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation - PJLA Society for Standards Professionals - SES
	Uruguay Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas - UNIT Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay - LATU   (LATU is also National Metrology Institute)
	Uzbekistan Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification - UZSTANDARD
	Venezuela Servicio Autónomo Nacional de Normalización, Calidad, Metrología y Reglamentos Técnicos - SENCAMER
	Vietnam Bureau of Accreditation - BoA Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality - STAMEQ Metrology Institute - VMI
	Zimbabwe National Metrology Institute - NMI   (is one of the various Institutes of SIRDC-Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre) Standards Association of Zimbabwe - SAZ
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Metrology and Standardization
	International Institutions
	African Organization for Standardization - ARSO   (Kenya)
	Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation - APLAC   (Australia)
	Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum - APLMF   (China)
	Asia Pacific Metrology Programme - APMP   (China)
	Bureau International des Poids et Mesures - BIPM   (France)
	CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality - CROSQ   (Barbados)
	Comité Africain de Métrologie - CAFMET   (France)
	Cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry - CITAC   (Switzerland)
	Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions - COOMET   (Russia)
	Euro-Asian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification - EASC   (Belarus)
	European Academy for Standardization - EURAS   (Netherlands)
	European Association of National Metrology Institutes - EURAMET   (Germany)
	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization - CENELEC   (Belgium)
	European Committee for Standardization - CEN   (Belgium)
	European Cooperation for Accreditation - EA   (France)
	European Cooperation in Legal Metrology - WELMEC   (Netherlands)
	European Federation of National Associations of Measurement, Testing and Analytical Laboratories - EUROLAB   (Belgium)
	European Metrology Research Programme - EMRP   (United Kingdom)
	Interamerican Accreditation Cooperation - IAAC   (Mexico)
	Interamerican Metrology System - SIM   (Peru)
	International Accreditation Forum - IAF   (Canada)
	International Electrotechnical Commission - IEC   (Switzerland)
	International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation - ILAC   (Australia)
	International Legal Metrology Group - ILMG   (USA)
	International Measurement Confederation - IMEKO   (Austria)
	International Organization for Standardization - ISO   (Switzerland)
	Intra-Africa Metrology System - AFRIMETS   (South Africa)
	Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand - JAS-ANZ   (Australia and New Zealand)
	Network of European Organizations in Europe for International Traceability of Chemical Measurements - EURACHEM   (Sweden)
	Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale - OIML   (France; see BIPM-OIML Resource Center)
	Pacific Accreditation Cooperation - PAC   (Australia)
	Panamerican Standards Commission - COPANT   (Bolivia)
	SAI Global   (this is an Australian company which provides information services about technical standards, operating with a network of experts in various countries ; see websites for searching : australian standards ; european standards)
	Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service - SADCAS   (Botswana)
	Southern African Development Community Cooperation in Measurement Traceability - SADCMET   (South Africa)
	Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries - SMIIC   (Turkey)
	NOTE : The countries housing the Executive Secretaries of International Bodies are shown in parentheses.
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