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MOU Program

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Initiated in 2001, ASTM International's MOU program promotes communication between ASTM International and national standards bodies worldwide, fostering awareness of the standardization systems of all parties involved. The program also facilitates the development of national standards that will aid each country's health, safety, environmental, and economic conditions. These agreements help avoid duplication of effort where possible and mutually promote the standards development activities of ASTM International and the national standards bodies participating in the program.

MOU's are designed to encourage, increase, and facilitate the participation of technical experts from around the world in the ASTM standards development process and broaden the global acceptance and use of ASTM International standards.

As a benefit of the MOU program, technical experts from any of the countries where MOUs have been signed can participate freely as full voting members in the ASTM standards development process. Please contact your national standards body for information on how to participate in ASTM International technical committees, or contact Sarah Naouri to join the ASTM technical committees of your choice.

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MOU participants (alphabetical)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan National Standardization Authority (ANSA)
MOU signed November 2005
BAHRAIN
Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD)
MOU signed May 2008
BELIZE
Belize Bureau of Standards
MOU signed February 2011
BOLIVIA
Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA)
MOU signed June 2002
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS)
MOU signed March 2002
BOTSWANA
Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS)
MOU signed September 2007
BRUNEI
Ministry of Development Brunei Darussalam
MOU signed February 2011
BULGARIA
Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)
MOU signed January 2003
CARIBBEAN
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
MOU signed October 2010
CHILE
Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (INN)
MOU signed May 2002
CHINA
Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
MOU signed August 2004
COLOMBIA
Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC)
MOU signed August 2001
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC)<
MOU signed May 2007
COSTA RICA
Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO)
MOU signed February 2005
CROATIA
State Office for Standardization and Metrology (DZNM)
MOU signed April 2002
DOMINICA
Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS)
MOU signed August 2003
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
La Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR)
MOU signed May 2009
ECUADOR
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN)
MOU signed April 2002
EGYPT
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)
MOU signed October 2002
EL SALVADOR
Organismo Salvadoreño de Normalización (OSN)
MOU signed October 2012
ETHIOPIA
Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia (QSAE)
MOU signed May 2005
GHANA
Ghana Standards Authority
MOU signed August 2007
GRENADA
Grenada Bureau of Standards (GOBS)
MOU signed January 2008
GUATEMALA
Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)
MOU signed August 2005
GULF REGION
Standardization Organization for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GSO)
MOU signed February 2006
GUYANA
Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)
MOU signed October 2011
HONDURAS
Consejo Hondureño de Ciencia y Tecnología (COHCIT)
MOU signed January 2006
INDONESIA
Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN)
MOU signed August 2004
IRAQ
Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC)
MOU signed July 2005
ISRAEL
Standardization Institution of Israel (SII)
MOU signed July 2007
JAMAICA
Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)
MOU signed February 2002
JORDAN
Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO)
MOU signed December 2005
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan Institute for Standardization and Certification (KAZINST)
MOU signed February 2008
KENYA
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
MOU signed September 2005
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
MOU signed May 2006
KUWAIT
Kuwait Public Authority for Industry (PAI)
MOU signed July 2012
MALAYSIA
SIRIM
MOU signed December 2003
MAURITIUS
Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)
MOU signed June 2005
MOLDOVA
National Institute of Standardization and Metrology of the Republic of Moldova (INSM)
MOU signed July 2012
MONGOLIA
Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology (MASM)
MOU signed January 2004
MOROCCO
IMANOR (Moroccan Institute of Standardization)
MOU signed July 2003
MOZAMBIQUE
Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ)
MOU signed January 2008
NEPAL
Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)
MOU signed November 2008
NICARAGUA
Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (DTNM)
MOU signed August 2005
NIGERIA
Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON)
MOU signed November 2004
SULTANATE OF OMAN
Directorate General for Standards and Metrology (DGSM) of Ministry of Commerce and Industry
MOU signed January 2010
PAKISTAN
Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)
MOU signed July 2008
PALESTINE
Palestine Standards Institution (PSI)
MOU signed July 2005
PANAMA
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI)
MOU signed June 2003
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)
MOU signed September 2012
PERU
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)
MOU signed June 2003
PHILIPPINES
Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade and Industry (BPS)
MOU signed September 2003
QATAR
Qatar General Organization for Standards and Metrology (QS)
MOU signed September 2007
RUSSIA
Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R)
MOU signed April 2007
RWANDA
Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS)
MOU signed April 2009
SAINT LUCIA
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
MOU signed May 2002
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS)
MOU signed November 2007
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization
MOU signed September 2007
SERBIA
Institute for Standardization of Serbia
MOU signed January 2010
SINGAPORE
Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING Singapore)
MOU signed February 2003
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
MOU signed September 2003
SOUTHERN AFRICA
South African Development Community Cooperation in Standards (SADCSTAN)
MOU signed May 2008
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)
MOU signed May 2003
SWAZILAND
Swaziland Standards Authority (SWASA)
MOU signed January 2009
TAIWAN
Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI)
MOU signed January 2005
TANZANIA
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
MOU signed November 2008
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS)
MOU signed February 2002
TUNISIA
National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI)
MOU signed June 2010
TURKEY
Turkish Standards Institution (TSE)
MOU signed September 2003
UGANDA
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)
MOU signed November 2003
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
Emirates Standards and Metrology Authority (ESMA)
MOU signed October 2008
URUGUAY
Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT)
MOU signed November 2001
VIETNAM
Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ)
MOU signed February 2004
YEMEN
Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO)
MOU signed November 2010
ZAMBIA
Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS)
MOU signed September 2004
ZIMBABWE
Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)
MOU signed August 2002