WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/N/53
18October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4358)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Under paragraph CoftheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption and
Application ofStandards contained inAnnex 3totheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from thisCode shallnotify thisfact
totheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva." Thefollowing notification conveyed tothe
Secretariat from theISO/IEC Information Centre isbeing circulated fortheinformation of
Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBT CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofacceptance oftheWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement: SWEDEN
Name ofstandardizing body: SIS-Swedish Standards Institution
Address ofstandardizing body: Box6455
S-113 82
Stockholm
Telephone: +46861030.00 Telefax: +4683077.57 Telex:
E-mail: info@sis.se
Type ofstandardizing body:
[]central governmental []local governmental [X]non-governmental
Scope ofcurrent andexpected standardization activities: SISisthecentral standards
body inSweden. Swedish member ofISOandCEN. Eight authorized Swedish
standardizing bodies represent SISininternational andEuropean activities andcarry out
national standardization activities. SIS(Swedish Standards Board) transposes International
andEuropean Standards intoSwedish Standards andapproves Swedish national Standards.
Information onnewSwedish Standards ispublished inSISPublication "NySvensk
Standard".
Date: 30September 1996