Glossary of Standards Bodies and Organisations

BSI – The British Standards Institution, is the UK national standards body. BSI publishes European standards in the UK as BS EN. Further information is available at www.bsigroup.co.uk CEN – The Comité Européen de Normalisation, is the European standards body that prepares harmonised European product standards. Declarations of Performance against such standards should provide sufficient information for any Member State to allow the product onto its market and for specifiers and users to be able to assess whether the product is suitable for its intended use. CEN also prepares nonharmonised European standards such as test or calculation standards and standards for products or services that have not been mandated under a CE Marking Directive. It does not issue standards directly, only through national standards bodies; BSI is the designated standards body for the UK. Further information is available at: www.cen.eu EA – European cooperation on Accreditation, is the umbrella organisation for all national accreditation bodies in Europe. Product certification bodies, inspection bodies and test laboratories approved by national accreditation bodies belonging to the EA are equivalent to those approved by UKAS. For further information see: www.europeanaccreditation.org European Technical Assessments – A favourable technical assessment issued under the European Construction Products Regulation 2011 that allows a manufacturer to affix CE markings on its products. Further information is available at www.eota.eu ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation, is the worldwide federation of national standards institutions. Standards are identified by 'ISO' and a number. ISO standards may be published separately or transposed into the UK as BS ISO or BS EN ISO. Further information is available at www.iso.org