February 23, 2019

Legal framework

The legal framework in which the Standardization process is developed & made up of agreements, codes, international norms and supranational norms.


Agreements, Codes and International Standards:

In order to have international recognition, the Normalization Directorate develops its activities taking as a framework the following documents:

  • Agreement of Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Organization – Code of Good Practice for the preparation, adoption and application of technical standards
  • ISO 59: 2008 Code of Good Practice for Standardization

Standardization Guides:

GP 001: 2015  
Guidelines for the drafting, structuring and presentation of Technical Standards.

GP 002: 2015  
Guide for the presentation of printed texts of Technical Schemes, Projects and Standards.

GP-ISO / IEC 2: 2013  
Standardization and related activities. General vocabulary.

GP-ISO / IEC 21-1: 2013  
Regional or national adoption of international standards and other products of international standardization. Part 1: Adoption of international standards.

GP-ISO / IEC 21-2: 2013  
Regional or national adoption of international standards and other products of international standardization. Part 2: Adoption of other documents resulting from international standardization different from international standards.