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MOU Program

Initiated in 2001, ASTM International’s Memorandum of Understanding program promotes:
  • Communication between signatory member standards bodies;
  • Awareness of each other’s standardization systems; development of national standards;
  • De-duplication of efforts; and support of the development activities of members.

Africa

Algeria

Institut Algérien de Normalisation (IANOR), Jul. 2020


Angola

Instituto Angolano de Normalização e Qualidade (IANORQ), May 2015


ARSO (Africa)

African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), Feb. 2015


Botswana

Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS), Sep. 2007


Burkina Faso

Agence Burkinabé de Normalisation, de la Métrologie et de la Qualité (ABNORM), May 2021


Burundi

Bureau Burundais de Normalisation et Contrôle de la Qualité (BBN), Sep. 2014


Cameroon

Agence des Normes et de la Qualité (ANOR), Oct. 2013


Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC), May 2007


Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d’Ivoire Normalisation (CODINORM), Mar. 2017


EAC (East Africa)

East African Community (EAC), Nov. 2023


ECOWAS (West Africa)

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Sep. 2024


Egypt

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS), Oct. 2002


Eswatini

Eswatini Standards Authority (SWASA), Jan. 2009


Ethiopia

Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA), May 2005


Gambia

The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), Jan. 2016


Ghana

Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Aug. 2007


Kenya

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), Sep. 2005


Libya

Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM), Sep. 2020


Malawi

Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Sep. 2013


Mali

The Agence Malienne de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité (AMANORM), Jan. 2023


Mauritius

Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB), Jun. 2005


Morocco

Institut Marocain de Normalisation (IMANOR), Jul. 2003


Mozambique

Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ), Jan. 2008


Namibia

Namibian Standards Institution (NSI), Sep. 2014


Nigeria

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Nov. 2004


Rwanda

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), Apr. 2009


SADCSTAN (Southern Africa)

Southern African Development Community Cooperation in Standardization (SADCSTAN), May 2008


Senegal

Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation (ASN), Apr. 2017


Seychelles

Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS), Jun. 2014


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (SLSB), Jul. 2013


South Africa

South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), Sep. 2003


Sudan

The Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO), Sep. 2022


Tanzania

Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), Nov. 2008


Tunisia

Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI), Jun. 2010


Uganda

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Nov. 2003


Zambia

Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS), Sep. 2004


Zimbabwe

Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ), Aug. 2002


Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS), Jan. 2013


Argentina

Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM), Apr. 2022


Bahamas

Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ), Apr. 2016


Barbados

Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI), May 2015


Belize

Belize Bureau of Standards (BBS), Feb. 2011


Bolivia

Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA), Jun. 2002


Brazil

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), Sep. 2021


Chile

Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN), May 2002


Colombia

Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación (ICONTEC), Oct. 2001


Costa Rica

Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica (INTECO), Feb. 2005


CROSQ (Caribbean)

CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Oct. 2010


Dominica

Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS), Aug. 2003


Dominican Republic

Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad (INDOCAL), May 2009


Ecuador

Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN), Apr. 2002


El Salvador

Organismo Salvadoreño de Normalización (OSN), Oct. 2012


Grenada

Grenada Bureau of Standards (GDBS), Jan. 2008


Guatemala

Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR), Aug. 2005


Guyana

Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), Oct. 2011


Haiti

Bureau Haitien de Normalisation (BHN), Jun. 2013


Honduras

Organismo Hondureño de Normalización (OHN), Jan. 2006


Jamaica

Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Feb. 2002


Mexico

Dirección General de Normas (DGN), Oct. 2021


Montserrat

Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Lands, Housing and Environment (MALHE), Oct. 2016


Nicaragua

Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología, Aug. 2005


Panama

Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (DGNTI), Aug. 2006


Paraguay

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología (INTN), Apr. 2016


Peru

Instituto Nacional de Calidad (INACAL), Jun. 2003


St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), Jul. 2014


St. Lucia

Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS), May 2002


St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincent and the Grenandines Bureau of Standard (SVGBS), Nov. 2007


Suriname

Surinaams Standaarden Bureau (SSB), Sep. 2013


Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), Feb. 2002


Uruguay

Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT), Nov. 2001


Asia

Afghanistan

Afghanistan National Standardization Authority, Nov. 2005


Armenia

Armenian National Institute of Standards (SARM), May 2017


Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Standardization Institute (AZSTAND), Dec. 2016


Bangladesh

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), May 2018


Bhutan

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB), Mar. 2013


Brunei

Darussalam Authority for Building Control and Construction Industry Ministry of Development (ABCI), Sep. 2010


Cambodia

Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC), Apr. 2018


China

Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC), Aug. 2004


Georgia

Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology (GeoSTM), May 2018


Indonesia

Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN), Aug. 2004


Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Institute for Standardization and Metrology (KazStandard), Feb. 2008


Korea

Republic of Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), May 2006


Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Department of Standardization and Metrology (DOSM), Nov. 2017


Malaysia

SIRIM Berhad, Dec. 2003


Mongolia

Mongolian Agency for Standards and Metrology, Jan. 2004


Myanmar

Department of Research and Innovation (DRI), Oct. 2016


Nepal

Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM), Nov. 2008


Pakistan

Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), Jul. 2008


Philippines

Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), Sep. 2003


Singapore

Enterprise Singapore (ESG), Feb. 2003


SARSO (South Asia)

South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO), Jan. 2025


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI), Apr. 2013


Taiwan

Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection (BSMI), Jan. 2005


Thailand

Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Sep. 2014


Uzbekistan

Standardization, Metrology and Certification Agency of Uzbekistan (UZSTANDART Agency), Apr. 2019


Vietnam

Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ), Feb. 2004


Middle East

AIDSMO (Arab Region)

Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization (AIDSMO), Oct. 2019


Bahrain

Bahrain Testing and Metrology Directorate (BTMD), May 2008


GSO (Gulf Region)

GCC Standardization Organization (GSO), Feb. 2006


Iraq

Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC), Jul. 2005


Israel

Standards Institution of Israel (SII), Jun. 2007


Jordan

Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO), Dec. 2005


Kuwait

Kuwait Public Authority for Industry (PAI), Jun. 2012


Oman

Directorate General for Standards and Metrology (DGSM), Dec. 2009


Palestine

Palestine Standards Institution (PSI), Jul. 2005


Qatar

Qatar General Organization for Standardization (QS), Sep. 2007


Saudi Arabia

Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO), Sep. 2007


Turkey

Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü (TSE), Sep. 2003


United Arab Emirates

Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), Oct. 2008


Yemen

Yemen Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control Organization (YSMO), Nov. 2010


Europe

Albania

Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Standardizimit (DPS), Jul. 2002


Belarus

State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (BELST), Sep. 2019


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS), Apr. 2002


Bulgaria

Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS), Jan. 2003


Croatia

Croatian Standards Institute (HZN), Nov. 2005


EASC (Eurasia)

Eurasian Council on Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC), Jun. 2017


EEC (Eurasia)

Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Aug. 2018


Kosovo

Kosovo Standardization Agency (AKS), Dec. 2013


Moldova

Institute for Standardization of Moldova (ISM), Jul. 2012


Montenegro

Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME), Jul. 2015


Romania

Asociatia de Standardizare din România (ASRO), Apr. 2002


Russia

Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R), Apr. 2007


Serbia

Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS), Jan. 2010


Ukraine

Ukrainian Scientific Research and Training Center of Issues of Standardization, Certification and Quality (DSTU), Apr. 2017


Oceania

Fiji

Department of National Trade Measurement and Standards (DNTMS), Jun. 2023


New Zealand

Standards New Zealand (SNZ), Aug. 2020


Papua New Guinea

National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT), Sep. 2012


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