Portal de Información OMC-ISO sobre Normas

Información

• Tipo de institución con actividades de normalización:
  Otro
• Condición en la OMC:
  Observer organization to the WTO TBT Committee
• Año de aceptación del Código OTC de la OMC:
  2015

Alcance

The principal mandate of ARSO is to harmonise African Standards and conformity assessment procedures in order to reduce Technical Barriers to Trade and therefore promote intra African and international Trade as well as enhance the industrialization and competiveness of Africa. • Harmonize national and / or RECs standards and issue necessary recommendations to RECs and Member bodies for this purpose; • Initiate and coordinate the development of African Standards with references to products which are of particular interest to Africa; • Encourage and facilitate adoption of International standards by member bodies; This is done based on the ASHAM (African Standards Harmonisation Model) which defines the methodologies for the development, adoption and publication of African standards. Wherever feasible, and with the necessary modifications, the procedures are based on the relevant ISO/IEC Directives. Cognizance has also been taken of the WTO TBT Agreements (Code of Good Practice).