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Electrical Product Safety & Standards Resources

  • A2LA - American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
  • ABINEE - Ass’n of Brazilian Industries for Electrical & Electronic Equipment)
  • ABNT - Associacion Brasileira de Normas Technicas
  • ACIL - National Trade Ass’n for Test Labs
  • ADLNB - now known as R&TTE Compliance Ass’n.
  • AENOR - Spanish Testing and Standards Organization
  • AFNOR - Testing & Cert. Organization
  • APAVE - (A French Testhouse)
  • ANCE - Asociacion Nacional de Normalizacion y Certificacion del Sector Electrico (Mexico - in Spanish)
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute
  • ASSE - American Society of Safety Engineers
  • ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
  • AQSIQ - State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine (China)
  • Assessment Services (formerly) - now TUVPS-UK, TUV Product Service Ltd.
  • Associated Research - Dielectric Test Equipment
  • ASTA BEAB - Certification Services (Intertek-UK Test Lab)
  • Standards Australia
  • Austest Laboratories - (Australia - Test Lab)
  • BALSO - Bay Area Laser Safety Officers (California)
  • BAS - Bosnia & Herzegovina Standards Institution
  • BASEEFA - Specializing in conformity assessment under the ATEX Directive (U.K.)
  • BEAB - British Electrotechnical Approvals Board (now ASTA BEAB)
  • BEC - Belgian Electrotechnical Committee
  • BIS - Bureau of Indian Standards
  • BSI - British Standards Institution
  • BSMI - Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection - (Taiwan Safety and EMC Testing)
  • BSN - Badan Standardisasi Nasional (National Standardization Board of Indonesia)
  • BuyerRisk.Com - Quick, free & invaluable product assessments; Access to Markets, Testing & Standards, CE
  • CANENA - Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standardization of the Nations of the Americas
  • CB Scheme - The IEC Scheme for Testing and Certification
  • CB Scheme - Full Certification System (CB-FCS) Mutual Acceptance of Conformity Assessment Certificates
  • CCAF - CENELEC Conformity Assessment Forum (Replaces ELSECOM)
  • CCC - China Compulsory Certification
  • CCEE - China Commission for Conformity Certification of Electrical Equipment links to CB Scheme Information
  • CCL - Communication Certification Laboratory
  • CDRH - Center for Devices and Radiological Health (FDA)
  • CE - Compliance Engineering Magazine
  • CEI - Italian Electrotechnical Commission
  • CEN - Comite European de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)
  • CENELEC - Comite European de Normalisation Electrotechnique
  • CEOC - European Confederation of Organisations for Testing, Inspection, Certification and Prevention
  • CEPEL - Centro de Pequisas de Energia Electrica (Brazil)
  • CEPREI - China Electronic Product Reliablility and Environmental Research Institute (Safety & EMC Testing + CB Scheme Test Lab)
  • CERTIF - Associacao para a Certificacao de Produto (Portugal, Test Lab)
  • CESI - Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano (Test Lab - Italy)
  • CESI - Chinese Electronic Standardization and Quality Information Network
  • CETECOM, GmbH- Telecom Test Lab based in Germany
  • Christie’s List - Internet Health & Safety Resources ((3000+ Links)
  • Code Check - (Good collection of building code related resources)
  • CGSB - Canadian General Standards Board
  • CNCA - China National Regulatory Commission for Certification and Accreditation
  • Cosmos (Japan - Test Lab)
  • CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission Website
  • CQC - China Quality Certification Center for Import and Export Commodities
  • CSA - CSA International, a NRTL & Provider of Global Certification and Testing Services
  • CNI - Czech Standards Institute (Czech Republic - formerly CSNI)
  • CS - Curtis-Straus (Boston-based NRTL offering NEBS 1089 and 63)
  • DAMAN - Daman Program (Jordan)
  • DELTA - Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustics (Danish Test Lab)
  • DEMKO A/S - Danish Test Lab (now a UL-Europe affiliate)
  • DIN - Deutsches Institut fur Normung
  • Document Center - Online Catalog & Inventory of Standards
  • DS - Dansk Standard (Danish Standards Ass’n)
  • DSM - Department of Standards Malaysia
  • ED&D - Educated Design & Development (Product Safety Test Equipment)
  • ECMA - European Organization for Standardizing Information & Communication Systems
  • EEPCA - European Electrical Products Certification Association (Association of the European Certification Bodies)
  • EFTA - European Free Trade Association
  • EIA - Electronic Industries Alliance (see Engineering Dept. Link)
  • ELOT - Hellenic Organization for Standardization (Greece)
  • ENEC - European Norms Electrical Certification
  • EPL Ltd. (Telecommunications Testing, UK)
  • ERA Technology Ltd. (U.K.)
  • ERAC - Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council (Australia - NZ)
  • Ergonomics Inc. - Product Safety Test Equipment, Calibration & Consulting Services
  • ESC - Eisner Safety Consultants, Specialties: Int’l Medical Product Safety [60601-1], Quality Systems, & Regulations
  • ESFi - Electrical Safety Foundation International (U.S.)
  • ESS - Energy Safety Services (New Zealand Safety Resources)
  • ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute
  • EUROLAB - Association of 2000* European Testing Laboratories
  • Europa - The European Commission’s Web Server
  • European Union - Delegation of the EC to the U.S.
  • Europort - A Standards Source
  • EVS - Estonian Centre for Standardisation
  • Ex Scheme - IEC’s Ex Scheme for Assessment of Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres
  • FM Approvals - NRTL and World Leader in Loss Prevention Technologies
  • SGS FIMKO - Finnish Test Agency
  • Finnish Standards Association (SFS) (multi-lingual)
  • FONDONORMA - Venezuela Standards and Certification Organization
  • FORBAIRT/NETC Home Page (Irish Test Agency)
  • GASTEC - Gas Appliance Testing (Dutch Test Agency)
  • GAI - Global Advantage International, Product Safety Approvals-CSA,UL,ITS,TUV,CE Marking,CCC Mark
  • GHTF - Global Harmonization Task Force (Fosters harmonization of the regulation of medical devices)
  • GNBS - Guyana National Bureau of Standards
  • GOST - GOSSTANDART (Russia - Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology)
  • GTIHEA - Guangzhou Testing & Inspection Institute for Household Electrical Appliances (China)
  • GTW - George T. Willingmyre Assoc’s (Standards matters)
  • HAR - The HAR program for Harmonized Cordage
  • HKSTC - Hong Kong Standards & Testing Centre Ltd.
  • Hong Kong Safety Institute
  • HSI - Hungarian Standards Institution (MSZT)
  • HZN - Croation Standards Institute
  • IAEI - International Association of Electrical Inspectors
  • IAF - International Accreditation Forum (Worldwide Organization)
  • IBN - Belgian Institute for Standardization (in French and English)
  • ICONTEC - Instituto de Columbiano de Normas Technicas y Certification
  • ICPE SA - Romania Testing & Certification Organization
  • ICPHSO - International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization
  • IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
  • IEC - USNC (the United States National Committee of the IEC)
  • IECC - International Electrical Certification Centre Ltd; Your partner for EMC & Safety Testing
  • IECEE - IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (CB Scheme, CB-FCS Scheme, etc.)
  • IECEx - IEC Scheme for Certification to Standards for Explosive Atmospheres
  • IECQ - The IEC’s Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components
  • IG - Instituto Giordano S.P.A. - Italian Test Lab
  • IHS - Information Handling Services (A Document & DataBase Source)
  • IMQ - Instituto Italiano Del Marchio Di Qualita’ (in Italian - 7/97)
  • INEN - Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalizacion (Ecuador, in Spanish)
  • INN - Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (Chile, in Spanish)
  • IPSN - Int’l Product Safety News
  • IPSB - Int’l Product Safety Bookshop
  • IPQ - Instituto Portuguesa da Qualidade (Portugal)
  • IPT - Instituto de Pequisas Technologicas (Brazilian Test Lab)
  • IRAM - Instituto Argentino de Normalizacion
  • ISA (Check the Standards & Practices link)
  • ISO - International Standards Organization
  • ISO/IEC/EN 17025 ( Guide 25 ) Home Page - Gen’l Requirements for the Competence of Cal’n & Testing Labs
  • IST - Icelandic Standards (some English)
  • ISUG - Impact of Standards Users Group
  • ITIC - Information Technology Industry Council (formerly CBEMA)
  • ITS - Intertek Testing Services NA,Inc. (NRTL, CB Scheme, ETL, CE, CCC, EMC, S, GS)
  • JISC - Japan Industrial Standards Committee (Primary Site)
  • JISM - Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
  • KATS - Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
  • KEBS - Kenya Bureau of Standards
  • KEMA - KEMA Quality B.V. - Offering worldwide product testing and system certification services
  • KETI - Korean Electric Testing Institute
  • KEUR - Keurmerkinstitut Konsumerprodukten (the Netherlands)
  • KEYMARK - A European Third-party Mark for Compliance with Harmonized Standards
  • KOSHA - Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • KTL - Kingston Telecommunications Lab (UK, US, Canada)
  • KTL - Korea Testing Laboratory
  • Kvaliet -Akcionarsko drustvo za ispitivanje kvaliteta - Serbia Test & Certification Organization)
  • LAETL - Los Angeles Electrical Test Lab
  • Lamothe Approvals Inc. - Product Safety Approvals & Laser Testing - CSA, UL, TUV & CE
  • LaserNet - Laser & Laser Safety Resources (Courtesy of Rockwell)
  • LCIE - Laboratorie Central des Industries Electricques (France - Test Lab)
  • LGA - Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern (A German Test Lab)
  • LGAI - Laboratori General d’Assaigs i Investigacions (Spanish test lab)
  • LIA - Laser Institute of America (Laser Safety Information Bulletin)
  • LOVAG - Low Voltage Agreement Group (EU inter-test agency agreement for low voltage testing)
  • LPI -Lightning Protection Institute
  • LT - Lithuanian Standards Board
  • MEEI - Hungarian Institute for Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (a TUV Rheinland Affiliate)
  • MET - MET Laboratories, Inc.
  • METI - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan - formerly MITI)
  • MIL - A DoD / MIL Standards Search Site
  • MIRS - Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
  • MSA - Malta Standards Authority
  • MSHA - Mine Safety and Health Administration
  • MTL-ACTS - MTL-ACTS, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services
  • NACLA - National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
  • NANDO - Nando (New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations) Information System
  • NASFM - National Assoc. of State Fire Marshals>
  • NCSCI - National Center for Standards and Certification Information (NIST)
  • NEC - Free Online Access to 2008 National Electrical Code® (NFPA 70™)
  • NEC - Mike Holt’s NEC Internet Connection
  • NEC -NEC Direct (NFPA’s site for the Electrical Industry)
  • NEC - Newton’s International Electrical Journal (NEC and related matters)
  • NEC - Joe Tedesco’s NEC Electrical Inspection Information
  • NEK - Norsk Elektroteknisk Komite (Norway - in Norwegian)
  • NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturer’s Ass’n
  • NEMKO - World-wide regulatory compliance testing and certification
  • NEN - Netherlands Standarization Institute (was NNI)
  • NESC - National Electrical Safety Code® Zone
  • NETA - InterNational Electrical Testing Association
  • NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
  • NHTSA - National Highway Transportation Safety Agency
  • NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology (Main website)
  • NIST - Conformity Assessment site
  • NIST - Global Standards Program (Temporarily Out of Order)
  • NIST - Office of Standards Services
  • NRTL - Nationally Recognized Testing Labs (includes scope of recognitions)
  • NLSI - National Lightning Safety Institute
  • NPSS - Northeast Product Safety Society
  • NSAI - National Standards Authority of Ireland
  • NSC - National Safety Council
  • NSF International (Food, Water, Air, & Consumer Goods - Standards & Certification
  • NSF - Norges Standiseringsforbund (Norway Standards Organization)
  • NSSN - National Standards System Network
  • NVLAP - NIST’s Laboratory Accreditation Program
  • OESS - Office of Electricity Standards and Safety (Tasmania)
  • OSHA Web Site
  • OSHA’s Salt Lake City Tech Center
  • OSHA - 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S - Electrical (see Subpart S)
  • OSHA - 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S - Electrical, Part 1910.399, Definition of Listing Requirements
  • OVE - Austria (Standardization, Testing & Certification Org.)
  • PAL - Product Approvals Ltd., Specialising in CE, UL & CSA Marking of Power Electronics Products
  • PAT - Portable Appliance Testing (U.K. Test Requirements for Portable Appliances)
  • PCBC - Polish Centre for Testing and Certification
  • PKN - Polish Committee for Standardization
  • Predom OBR - Poland, Test Laboratory
  • Pro-Application Service Co. - Thailand & Int’l Product Approvals (TIS, CCC, CB Scheme, CE, UL, D mark, RoHS & WEEE)
  • PSB - PSB Corporation (TVV SUD Singapore Test House)
  • PSES - IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
  • PSI - Product Safety Int’l (Expediting UL, CSA & other NRTL Approvals since 1984)
  • Product Safety Online - Recalls, Risk Assessment, etc. (Bill Kitzes)
  • PSTC - IEEE Product Safety Technical Committee (TC-8 of the IEEE EMC Society)
  • PTB - Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany)
  • QuadTech - QuadTech, Inc., Hipot Testers, LCR Meters, Megohmmeters & Milliohmmeters
  • QAS - Quality Assurance Services Pty. Ltd. (Australian Test Lab)
  • QSAE - Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia
  • RAPEX - RAPEX is the EU rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products
  • RWTUV - Rheinisch-Westfalischer TUV (Germany)
  • SABS - South African Bureau of Standards / Standards South Africa
  • SAC - Standardization Administration of China
  • SASMO - Syrian Arab Organization for Standards and Metrology
  • SASO - Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
  • SBS - Seychelles Bureau of Standards
  • SPRING - Singapore National Body for Standards, Accreditation and Metrology
  • SCC - Standards Council of Canada
  • SEC - La Superintencia de Electricidad y Combustibles (Chile)
  • SEE - Service de l’Energie de l’Etat (Luxembourg)
  • SEK - Svensk Elstandard Commission (Sweden)
  • SEMI - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Int’l (Standards’ Page)
  • SEMKO - Home Page (Sweden - An Intertek Testing Services company)
  • SES - Standards Engineering Society
  • SESKO - Finnish Electrotechnical Std’s Ass’n
  • SEV - Electrosuisse (Swiss Electrotechnical Association
  • SGS Group - Societe Generale de Surveillance Holding S.A.
  • SGS U.S. Testing - SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc.)
  • SII - Standards Institution of Israel
  • SUTN - Slovak Institute for Standardization
  • SIQ - Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology
  • SIST - Slovenian Institute for Standardization
  • SIRA Test & Certification Ltd. (U.K.)
  • SIRIM Berhad - Standards & Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia
  • SIS - Swedish Standards Institute
  • Slaughter Co. (Dielectric Test Equipment)
  • SLSI - Sri Lanka Standards Institution
  • SNIMA - Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine (Standards Org., in French)
  • SNV - Swiss Association for Standardization (Schweizerische Normen Vereinigung
  • SNZ - Standards New Zealand
  • SON - Standards Organization of Nigeria
  • SONCAP - Standards Organization of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Program
  • SP - Swedish National Testing & Research Institute
  • SSS - System Safety Society
  • Safety Critical Systems Club (UK)
  • STR - Specialized Technology Resources (Global provider of testing, inspections, audits and consulting services
  • TAC/THK - Telecommunications Administration Centre, Finland
  • TCVN - Vietnam Directorate for Standards and Quality (also includes link to STAMEQ )
  • TISI - Thai Industrial Standards Institute
  • TRL Compliance Services, Ltd. (A UK test-organization for Safety Testing & more)
  • TSE - Turk Standardslari Enstitusu (in Turkish)
  • TTBS - Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards
  • TUKES - Safety Technology Authority (Finland)
  • TUV Austria
  • TUV Rheinland - World Headquarters, Cologne, Germany
  • TUV SUD America Inc. - International Product Approvals: CE Marking, NRTL, SCC, WEEE/RoHS EMC & more)
  • TUV Rheinland of N.A., Inc. - Testing & Certification, NRTL, CE Marking, ISO9000)
  • UC - UCIEE, Uniao Certificadora (Brazil, Certification & Test Lab)
  • UL - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.(a NRTL offering global conformity assessment services)
  • ULC - Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (a UL affiliate)
  • UNBS - Uganda National Bureau of Standards
  • UNI - Italian National Standards Body
  • USFA - U.S. Fire Administration (Fire Resources and Statistics)
  • US DoD - U.S. Department of Defense ( DoD ) MIL Standards Resource
  • UTE - Union technique del’ Electricite (in French)
  • VDE - Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker Testing & Certification Inst.
  • VNIIS - All-Russian Scientific and Research Institute for Certification of GOSSTANDARDT of Russia (in Russian)
  • WCL - WCL Corporation (Assists with HazLoc & Intrinsic Safety Approvals)
  • Wyle Laboratories
  • WSSN - World Standards Services Network (A site linking to many of the World’s Standards Organizations)

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