WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/ENQ/14
22 March 1999
(99-1124)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NATIONAL ENQUIRY POINTS
Note by the Secretariat
The present document contains a list of names, addresses, telex, telephone, telefax numbers
and E-mail addresses, where available, of the enquiry point(s) foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 10.3 of
the Agreement, and any additional information provided by delegations concerning their operations.
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Argentina
Director Ing. Silvio Peist
Dirección Nacional de Comercio ExteriorAvda. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 1
1322 Buenos Aires
Telephone: + (54 11) 4349 40 39
+ (54 11) 4349 40 51
Telefax: + (54 11) 4349 40 38
E-mail: speist@secind.mecon.ar
Australia
The Director
WTO Enquiry PointWTO Industrials & Market Access Unit
Trade Negotiations and Organisations Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra
A.C.T. 2600
Telephone: + (61 2) 6261 24 00
Telefax: + (61 2) 6261 35 14
E-mail: TBT. Enquiry@DFAT.gov.auG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Austria
(a) Technical regulations:
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten
(Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs)
Abteilung II/11 (Unit II/11)
Stubenring 1
A-1011 Wien
Telephone: + (43 1) 711 00/Ext. 5452
Telefax: + (43 1) 715 96 51/718 05 08Telex: (047) 111780 regeb a
(047) 111145 regeb a
E-mail/X400: X 400 G = Gabriela;  S = Habermayer;
O = BMWA; A = ADA;  C = AT
E-mail/Internet:  Gabriela.Habermayer@bmwa.bmwa.ada.at
(b) Non-governmental standards:
Österreichisches Normungsinstitut - ON
(Austrian Standards Institute)Heinestrasse 38
P.O.B. 130
A-1021- Wien
Telephone: + (43 1) 213 00/Ext. 613
Telefax: + (43 1) 213 00 650
Telex: (047) 115 960 norm a
E-mail/Internet:  IRO@TBXA.telecom.at
E-mail/Geonet:  TBXA:IRO
Bahrain
Directorate of Standards and Metrology
Ministry of Commerce
P.O. Box 5479
Manama
Barbados
Barbados National Standards Institution
"Flodden"
Culloden RoadSt Michael
Telephone:  + (246) 426 38 70
Telefax: + (246) 436 14 95G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Belgium
CIBELNOR
Centre d'information belge sur les normes et les règlements techniques
(Belgian Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations)Secrétariat:  Institut Belge de Normalisation (IBN)
(Belgian Standards Institute)
Avenue de la Brabançonne, 29
B-1000 Bruxelles
Telephone: + (32 2) 738 01 11
Telefax: + (32 2) 733 42 64Telex: 23877 BENOR B
Belize
The Financial Secretary
Ministry of Finance
Belmopan
Benin
Ministry of Trade and Tourism
P.O.B 2037 Cotonou
Telephone: + (229) 31 52 67
+ (229) 31 54 02
Telefax: + (229) 31 52 58
Bolivia
(a) Technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures:
Viceministerio de Industria y Comercio Interno
Av. Camacho 1488
Casilla No. 4430
La Paz
Telephone: + (591 2) 37 20 46
Telefax: + (591 2) 31 72 62
(b) Technical standards:
Instituto Boliviano de Normalización
y Calidad (IBNORCA)
Av. Camacho 1488
Casilla No. 5034
La Paz
Telephone: + (591 2) 31 72 62
+ (591 2) 31 01 85
Telefax: + (591 2) 31 72 62G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Botswana
Botswana Bureau of Standards
Private Bag BO 48Gaborone
Telephone:  + (267) 351 420
Telefax: + (267) 308 194
E-mail: bobs.standard@info.bw
Brazil
Centro de Informação e Difusão Tecnológica (CIDIT)
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacão e Qualidade Industrial -INMETRO
Rua Santa Alexandrina, 416 - Rio Comprido
20261-232 Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Telephone: + (55 21) 293 06 16
Telefax: + (55 21) 502 04 15
E-mail: asbtcponto@inmetro.gov.br
Bulgaria
Committee for Standardization and Metrology
21, 6th September Street1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone: + (359 2) 803 513
Telefax: + (359 2) 801 402
Telex: 22 570 dks bg
Contact person:  Violetta Veleva
Canada
Standards Information Service
Standards Council of Canada45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1200
Ottawa
Ontario K1P 6N7
Telephone: + (1 613) 238 32 22
Telefax: + (1 613) 995 45 64
E-mail: info@scc.caG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Chile
Dirección de Relaciones Económicas internacionales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
(Directorate-General for International Economic Relations,Ministry of External Relations)
Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 1315, 2° piso
Santiago
Telephone: + (56 2) 696 00 43
Telefax: + (56 2) 696 06 39
Telex: 240836 PROCH CL
340120 PROCH CK
Colombia
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y Calidad
Dirección:  Carrera 13 No. 28-01.  Piso 8
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephone: + (57 1) 338 06 41
Telefax: + (57 1) 245 72 56
Costa Rica
Dirección General de Normas y Unidades de Medida
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio
Apartado Postal 1736-2050
San Pedro de Montes de Oca
Telephone and telefax: + (506) 283 51 33
Cuba
Oficina Nacional de Normalización
Director de Relaciones Internacionales
Calle E No. 261 entre 11 y 13
La Habana
Telephone: + (53 7) 30 00 22
+ (53 7) 30 08 25/35
Telefax: + (53 7) 33 80 48
Telex: + (53 7) 51 22 45
Contact person:  Sr. Javier Acosta Alemany
Cyprus
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
CY 1421 NicosiaG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (357 2) 30 80 41
+ (357 2) 30 80 46-49
Telefax: + (357 2) 37 51 20
Telex: 22 83 Mincomind CY
Czech Republic
Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing (COSMT)
WTO Enquiry Point
Biskupský dvur 5
110 02 Praha 1
Telephone: + (42 2) 218 02 170
Telefax: + (42 2) 232 45 64
Contact person: Ms. Klara Dvorackova
Denmark
Dansk Standard
(Danish Standards Association)
Kollegievej 6DK-2920 Charlottenland
Telephone: + (45) 39 96 61 01
Telefax: + (45) 39 96 61 02E-mail: Dansk.Standard@ds.dk
Dominican Republic
(a) Agricultural products:
Ministry of Agriculture (Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura)
Km. 6 ½ Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Los Jardines del Norte
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: + (1 809) 547 38 88
Telefax: + (1 809) 227 12 68
Contact person:  Mr. Luis Toral C., (Secretario de Estado de Agricultura)
(b) Industrial products:
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas (DIGENOR)
Secretaría de Estado de Industria y Comercio
Edif. de Oficinas Gubernamentales Juan Pablo Duarte, piso 11
Ave. México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro,Santo Domingo, D.N.G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (1 809) 686 22 05
Telefax: + (1 809) 688 38 43
Contact person:  Mr. Luis Mejía
(c) Pharmaceutical products and food additives:
Secretaría de Estado de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (SESPAS)
Av. San Cristóbal, Esq. Tiradentes
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: + (1 898) 541 84 03
+ (1 898) 541 31 21
Telefax: + (1 809) 547 28 43
Contact person: Mr. Victoriano García Santos, (Secretario de Estado de Salud
Pública y Asistencia Social)
Ecuador
Ingeniero Felipe Urresta
Director General del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 (454) y AlmagroQuito
Casilla Postale:  17-01-3999
Telephone: +(593 2) 501 885 (to 891)
Telefax: +(593 2) 567 815
+(593 2) 222 223
E-mail: inen1@inen.gov.ec
Internet: http//:www.ecua.net.ec/inen/
Egypt
Egyptian Organization for Standardization
2 Latin America Street
Garden City
Cairo
Telephone: + (20 2) 354 07 71
+ (20 2) 354 97 20
Telefax: + (20 2) 355 78 41
Telex: 93296 EOS UN
E-mail: moi@idso.gov.eg
El Salvador
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Comercial
División de Normas Técnicas
Centro de Gobierno, Plan Maestro Edificio c-2Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe
San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A.G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (503) 281 11 22
+ (503) 281 11 55
Telefax: + (503) 221 47 71
European Community
EC TBT Enquiry Point
DG III – B/4
Rue de la Science, 15 – 1/61
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone: + (32 2) 295 57 38
+ (32 2) 295 87 49
Telefax: + (32 2) 299 57 25
+ (32 2) 296 08 51
E-mail: sabine.lecrenier@dg3.cec.be
There will no longer be a separate enquiry point for agricultural products.
Finland
Suomen Standardisoimisliitto SFS
(Finnish Standards Association SFS)
P.O. Box 116
FIN-00241 Helsinki
Telephone: + (358 0) 149 93 31
Telefax: + (358 0) 146 49 14
Fiji
Department of Fair Trading and Consumer Affairs
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Public Enterprises
P.O. Box 2112Suva
Telephone + (679) 305 411
Telefax: + (679) 302 617
France
Centre d'Information sur les Normes et Règlements Techniques (CINORTECH)
(Information Centre on Standards and Technical Regulations)
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)(French Standard Association)
Tour Europe Cedex 07
F-92049 Paris La Défense
Telephone: + (33 1) 42 91 56 69
Telefax: + (33 1) 42 91 56 56
Telex: 611974 AFNOR FG/TBT/ENQ/14
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(address care of CINORTECH)
Contact person:  Mme Martine Vaquier
"The Centre is fully operational.  CINORTECH can provide all information on AFNOR
standards and on technical regulations and certification systems."
Germany
Deutches Informationszentrum für technische Regeln (DITR)
(German Information Centre for Technical Regulations)
Postfach 11 07, Burggrafenstr. 6D-10787 Berlin
Telephone: + (49 30) 26 01 26 00
Telefax: + (49 30) 26 28 125
The DITR is being established by DIN, the German Standards Institute, in co-operation with
the Federal Government.  This body is the central point to which to address all questions concerning
technical rules in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Centre provides information about all technical rules (including standards, technical
regulations and certification systems) valid in the Federal Republic of Germany, irrespective of
whether the technical rules have been issued by federal or local authorities or by non-governmental
bodies.  At present the computer-aided DITR databank comprises information about 36,000 technical
rules either in force or in the draft stage.
Ghana
The Director
Ghana Standards Board
P.O. Box 245
Accra-Ghana
Telephone: + (233 21) 776 171
Telefax: + (233 21) 776 092
Greece
Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT)
Information Center
313 Acharnon Str.
GR 11145 Athens
Telephone: + (30 1) 201 98.90
Telefax: + (30 1) 202 07.76
Telex: 21 96.21 ELOT GR
E-Mail: eem@elot.grG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Honduras
(a) Enquiry point for all notifications:
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio
(Ministry of Industry and Trade)
Dirección General de Integración
Economica y Politíca Comercial
Edificio Larach, Piso No. 10
Tegucigalpa
Telephone: + (504) 222 60 55
+ (504) 222 18 19
Telefax: + (504) 238 13 36
(b) Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures:
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio
(Ministry of Industry and Trade)
Dirección General de Protección al Consumidor
Departamento de Normalización y Metrología
Edificio Larach y Cia Piso No. 8Tegucigalpa
Telephone: + (504) 222 70 48
Telefax: + (504) 238 13 36
E-mail: rosorio@sieca.org.gt
(b) Pharmaceutical products:
Secretaría de Salud
Departamento de Farmacia
Edificio Vigil 3era Planta
Tegucigalpa
Telephone: +(504) 238 62 88
Telefax: +(504) 237 53 43
(c) Food products:
Secretaría de Salud
Departamento Control de Alimentos
Paseo Monumento a la Paz, Edificio CEESCO
1er Piso Barrio Morazán
Telephone: + (504) 232 11 39
Telefax: + (504) 232 27 13G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Hong Kong, China
Industry Department
36th Floor, Immigration Tower
7 Gloucester Road, Wan ChaiHong Kong
Telephone: + (852) 2829 4824
(Assistant Director-General,
Quality Services Division)
Telefax: + (852) 2824 1302
Telex: 50151 INDHK HXE-mail: psib@id.gcn.gov.hk
Hungary
Magyar Szabvanyugyi Testulet
(Hungarian Standards Institute)
25 Ulloi ut
H-1091 Budapest
Telephone: + (36 1) 218 30 11
Telefax: + (36 1) 218 51 25
Iceland
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and External Trade
External Trade Department
Contact person: Mr. Sverrir Júlíusson
Raudararstig 25
150 Reykjavík
Telephone: + (354) 560 99 30
Telefax: + (354) 562 48 78
India
Bureau of Indian Standards
Manak BhavanBahadur Shah Zafar Marg 9
New Delhi 110 002
Telephone: + (91 11) 323 09 10
Telefax: + (91 11) 323 40 62Telex: (031)-65870 - Answer Back 'BIS/IN'
Indonesia
Badan Standardisasi Nasional (BSN)
(National Standardization Agency)
Sasana Widya Sarwono Lt 5
Jalan Gatot Subroto No. 10
Jakarta 12710G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (62 21) 520 65 74
+ (62 21) 522 16 86
Telefax: + (62 21) 520 65 74
E-mail: pustan@rad.net.id
Ireland
(a) Technical regulations and certification systems:
EU/WTO Division
Department of Tourism and Trade
Kildare StreetDublin 2
Telephone: + (353 1) 662 14 44
Telefax: + (353 1) 676 61 54
(b) Standards:
Standards Development
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Telephone: + (353 1) 807 38 00Telefax: + (353 1) 807 38 38
Telex: 45301
Israel
The Standards Institution of Israel
42, Chaim Levanon St.
Tel-Aviv 69977
Telephone: + (972 3) 646 51 54
Telefax: + (972 3) 641 96 83 (Director-General)
+ (972 3) 641 27 62 (Inf. Center,WTO Enquiry Point)
Italy
(a) WTO notifications:
MICA DGPI
Ministero Industria, Commercio e Artigianato
Divisione XIX
Via Molise 19I-00187 Roma
Telephone: + (39 6) 470 526 69
Telefax: + (39 6) 478 877 48
E-mail: Min.Ind.Isp.Tecnico@agora.stm.itG/TBT/ENQ/14
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(b) Technical regulations:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Ufficio Trasferimento, Innovazione, Br evetti, Normativa Tecnica (Stibnot)
Via Tiburtina 770I-00159 Roma
Telephone: + (39 6) 40 758 26
Telefax: + (39 6) 49 932 440
E-mail: Utinob@IRMRETI.CED.RM.CNR.IT
(c) Standards of all sectors, except electronics which can be requested to CEI:
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
Via Battistotti Sassi 11-b
I-20153 Milano
Telephone: + (39 2) 70 02 41
Telefax: + (39 2) 70 10 61 06E-mail: Presidenza@UNI.UNICEI.IT
(d) Electronics standards:
Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (CEI)
Viale Monza 259I-20126 Milano
Telephone: + (39 2) 25 77 31
Telefax: + (39 2) 25 77 32 01
E-mail: Camagni@CEIUNI.IT
Jamaica
Jamaica Bureau of Standards
6 Winchester Road
P.O. Box 113
Kingston 10
Telephone: + (1 809) 926 3140-6
+ (1 809) 968 2063-71
Telefax: + (1 809) 929 47 36
Telex: 2291 STANBUR JA
This government agency has responsibility for standards development and standards
implementation as follows:
- laboratory testing;
- product and systems certification;
- technical information;
- training;
- energy efficiency evaluation;
- metrology;- ISO 9000 certification;  and
- laboratory accreditation.G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Japan
(a) Standards Information Service1
First International Organization Division
Economic Affairs BureauMinistry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (81 3) 35 80 33 11
Telefax: + (81 3) 35 03 31 36
Telex: C. J22350 A. GAIMU A-B J22350
(b) Standards Information Service
2
Information Service Department
Japan External Trade Organizations (JETRO)2-2-5
Toranomon, Minato-Ku
Tokyo
Telephone: + (81 3) 35 82 62 70
Telefax: + (81 3) 35 89 41 79
Telex: C. J24378
A. JETRO A-B J24378
In relation to the services of these two bodies, a Standards Agreement Office has been
established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).  Enquiries can be made in a WTO language.
Kenya
The Managing Director,
Kenya Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 54974Nairobi
Telephone: + (254 2) 50 22 10-9
Telefax: + (254 2) 50 32 93
Telex: 252 52 "VIWANGO"E-mail: KEBS@ARGO GN.APC.ORG
                                                     
1Standards Information Service at MOFA mainly handles enquiries in the fields of drugs, cosmetics,
medical devices, foodstuffs, food additives, telecommunications facilities, motor vehicles, ships, aircraft andrailway equipment (excluding enquiries concerning Japa nese Industrial Standards (JIS) which are handled by
JETRO).
2Standards Information Service at JETRO mainly hand les enquiries in the fields of electric equipment,
gas appliances, measurement scales, foodstuffs, food additives, etc.  Those enquiries concerning JIS on medical
devices, motor vehicles, ships, aircraft and railway equipment are handled by JETRO.G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Korea, Republic of
(a) Industrial products:
Korean National Institute of Technology and Quality (KNITQ)
International Cooperation and Metrology Division
2 Choongang-dong, Kwachon
Kyunggi-do, 427-010
Telephone: + (822 2) 507 43 69
Telefax: + (822 2) 503 79 77
E-mail: int_coop@mail.nitq.go.kr
(b) Agricultural products:
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Bilateral Cooperation Division1, Choongang-dong, Kwachon
Kyunggi-do 427-760
Telephone: + (82 2) 503 72 94
Telefax: + (82 2) 507 20 95E-mail: bcd@maf.go.kr
(c) Fishery products:
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Trade Promotion Division
826-14 Yoksam-dong, Kangnam-gu
Seoul, 135-080
Telephone: + (82 2) 567 27 29
Telefax: + (82 2) 556 78 17
(d) Health, sanitation and cosmetic products:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW)
International Cooperation Division
2, Choongang-dong, KwachonKyunggi-do 427-760
Telephone: + (82 2) 503 75 24
Telefax: + (82 2) 504 64 18
E-mail: invuiou1@chollian.net
Latvia
World Trade Organization Information Division
Department of Quality Manageme nt and Structure Development
Ministry of Economy
55 Brivibas Street
Riga LV-1519G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (371) 701 31 97
+ (371) 701 32 36
Telefax: + (371) 728 08 82
Liechtenstein
Office for foreign Affairs
Heiligkreuz 14
9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Inspection du Travail et des Mines (ITM)
Rue Zithe 26
Boîte postale 27L - 2010 Luxembourg
Telephone: + (352) 478 61 50
Telefax: + (352) 491 447
Macau
Macau Government Economic Services
1-3 Rua do Dr. Pedro José Lobo
Edificio "Luso Internacional"25th floor
Macau
Telefax: + (853) 59 03 10
Malaysia
Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM)
Persiaran Dato' Menteri
Section 2,
P.O. Box 7035
40911 SHAH ALAMSelangor Darul Ehsan
Telephone: + (60 3) 559 26 01
+ (60 3) 559 16 30
Telefax: + (60 3) 550 80 95Telex: SIRIM MA 38672
Malawi
Malawi Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 946
BlantyreG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (265) 670 488
Telefax: + (265) 670 756
Telex: 44325 "MSD" MI
Mali
Direction nationale des industries
Rue Famalo Coulibaly
BP 278
Bamako
Telephone: + (223) 22 57 56
+ (223) 22 06 63
Telefax: + (223) 22 61 37
Malta
Malta Standards Authority (MSA)
Department of Industry
Kukkanja Street,
St. Venera CMR02
Telephone: + (356) 446 250
Telefax: + (356) 446 257
Mauritius
Mauritius Standards Bureau
Moka
Telephone: + (230) 433 36 48
Telefax: + (230) 433 50 51
+ (230) 433 51 50
Mexico
Lic. Carmen Quintanilla Madero
Dirección General de NormasAv. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6, 3° piso
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
C.P. 53950
Naucalpan, Mexico
Telephone: + (52 5) 729 94 80
Telefax: + (52 5) 729 94 84
E-mail: cidgn@secofi.gob.mx
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Mongolia
Mongolian National Centre for Standardization and Metrology
Peace Street 46 A
Ulaanbaatar 51Mongolia
Telephone: + (976 1) 358 349
Telefax: + (976 1) 358 032
Morocco
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Handicrafts
Standardization and Quality Promotion Division
Moroccan Industrial Standardization Service (SMINA)
Administrative District Rabat-Chellah
Telephone: + (212) 7 76 63 17
+ (212) 7 76 66 98
Telefax: + (212) 7 76 62 96
Mozambique
Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade
Av. 25 de Setembro, 1179 2° andar
Maputo
P.O. Box 2983 Maputo
Telephone + (258 1) 42 14 09
+ (258 1) 42 14 98
Telefax: + (258 1) 42 45 85
Telex: 6-933 INNOQ MO
Myanmar
Director General
Directorate of Trade
Ministry of Commerce
228-240 Strand RoadYangon
Telephone: + (95 1) 286 442
+ (95 1) 283 235
Telefax: + (95 1) 289 578
Namibia
Namibia Standards Information and
Quality Office (NSIQO)Private Bag 13340
WindhoekG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (264) 61 283 7111
Telefax: + (264) 61 220 227
Netherlands
(a) Enquiry point for Article 10, paragraph 1.1:
Ministry of Finance
Central Licensing Office for Imports and Exports
Tax and Customs Administration
Section EEC/WTO- Notifications 
P.O. Box 300039700 RD Groningen
Telephone: + (31 50) 52 39 178
+ (31 50) 52 39 275
Telefax: + (31 50) 52 39 219E-mail/X.400: C = NL;  A = 400NET;  P = CDIU
S = NOTIF;  OUI = CDUI
E-mail: cdiuor@noord.bart.nl
The CDIU is responsible for the implementation of regulations in the field of international
trade and also for information on technical regulations, including notifications.
(b) Enquiry point for Article 10, paragraph 1.2:
Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NNI)
(Netherlands Standardization Institute)
P.O. Box 5059
NL 2600 GB Delft
Telephone: + (31 15) 69 02 55
Telefax: + (31 15) 69 01 30
(c) Enquiry point for Article 10, paragraph 1.3:
Raad voor Accreditatie
(Council for Accreditation)
P.O. Box 2768NL-3500 GT Utrecht
Telephone: + (31 34) 28 94 500
Telefax: + (31 34) 23 94 539
New Zealand
Standards New Zealand
Standards House
155 The TerracePrivate Bag 2439
WellingtonG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (64 4) 498 59 90
Telefax: + (64 4) 498 59 9
Niger
Ministère du commerce et de l'industrie
BP 480
Niamey
Telephone: + (227) 72 34 67
+ (227) 73 29 74
Telefax: + (227) 73 21 50
Nigeria
The Director-General
Standards Organization of Nigeria
Federal Secretariat
9th floor, Phase 1
Ikoyi, Lagos
Telephone: + (234 1) 68 26 15
Telefax: + (234 1) 68 18 20
Norway
Norges Standardiseringsforbund
(Norwegian Standards Association)
P.O. Box 7020 Homansbyen
(Hegdehaugsveien 31)
N-0306 Oslo 3
Telephone: + (47) 22 04 92 00
Telefax: + (47) 22 04 92 11
Telex: 19050 nsf n
Pakistan
(a) Standardization and certification undertaken by the Pakistan Standards Institution:
Pakistan Standards Institution
39 Garden Road
Saddar, Karachi 74400
Telephone: + (92 21) 77 29 527
Telefax: + (92 21) 77 28 124
(b) Technical regulations relating to food and health safety:
Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Population Planning
Government of Pakistan
Secretariat Block 'C', IslamabadG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (92 51) 820 930
Telefax: + (92 51) 829 703
Papua New Guinea
Director General
National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)
P.O. Box 3042
BOROKO
National Capital District
Port Moresby
Telephone: + (675) 323 18 52
Telefax: + (675) 325 87
Peru
Comisión de Reglamentos Técnicos y Comerciales
Instituto de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Propiedad Intelectual
Calle La Prosa No. 138Lima 41, Perú
Telephone: + (51 1) 224 07 88
Telefax: + (51 1) 224 03 48
+ (51 1) 224 0347
E-mail: cnmamel@indecopi.gob.pe
Philippines
Bureau of Product Standards
Department of Trade and Industry
3/F Trade and Industry Bldg.361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue
Metro Manila, Makati City 1200
Telephone: + (63 2) 890 49 65
Telefax: + (63 2) 890 49 26
+ (63 2) 890 51 30
E-mail: dtibpsrp@mnl.sequel.net
Postal Address:  P.O. Box 3228 MCPO
Poland
Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny (PKN)
(Polish Committee for Standardization)
WTO/TBT National Enquiry PointP.O. Box 411
ul. Elektoralna 2
PL-00-950 WarsawG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (48 22) 620 02 41 ext. 651
+ (48 22) 624 71 22
Telefax: + (48 22) 624 71 22
E-mail: polknor@atos.warman.com.pl
Contact person:  Mr. Marek Zarnoch
Portugal
Instituto Português da Qualidade
(Portuguese Institute for Quality)
Rua C à Avenida dos Três ValesP-2825 Monte da Caparica
Telephone: + (351 1) 294 81 00
Telefax: + (351 1) 294 82 23
 + (351 1) 294 81 01+ (351 1) 294 82 22
E-mail X 400: C = PT;  A = MAILPAC;
P = GTW-MS;  O =  IPQ.OU;
1 = IPQM;  S = PINCDCP
Internet: PINCDCP@IPQM.IPQ.GTW
MS.MAILPAC.PT
Romania
Romanian Standards Institute
13, Jean Louis Calderon street
Sector 2
Bucharest
Telephone: + (40 1) 211 32 96
Telefax: + (40 1) 210 08 33
Telex: (065) 11 312 ins r
Saint Lucia
St. Lucia Bureau of Standards
Government BuildingsBlock B, 4th Floor
John Compton Highway
Castries
Telephone: + (1 758) 453 00 49
Telefax: + (1 758) 453 73 47G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Singapore
(a) Standardization and certification undertaken by the Singapore Productivity and
Standards Board:
Singapore Productivity and Standards Board
1 Science Park Drive
PSB Building
Singapore 118221
Telephone: + (65) 778 77 77
Telefax: + (65) 776 12 80
(b) Technical regulations relating to specific electrical fittings and accessories:
Public Utilities Board
111 Somerset Road15-01
Singapore 238164
Telephone: + (65) 235 88 88
Telefax: + (65) 731 30 20
(c) Technical regulations relating to processed food:
Food Control Department
Ministry of the EnvironmentEnvironment Building
40 Scotts Road
Singapore 228231
Telephone: + (65) 732 90 15
Telefax: + (65) 731 98 44
(d) Technical regulations relating to fish, meat, fruits and vegetables:
Primary Production Department
National Development Building
5 Maxwell RoadSingapore 169110
Telephone: + (65) 222 12 11
Telefax: + (65) 220 60 68
Telex: RS 28851 PPD
Slovak Republic
Slovenský ústav technickej normalizácie
WTO Enquiry PointKarloveská cesta 63
842 45 BratislavaG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Visiting address:
Stefanovicova 3
814 39 Bratislava
Telephone: + (421 7) 397 886
Telefax: + (421 7) 397 886
Slovenia
Standards and Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (SMIS)
WTO TBT Enquiry Point
Kotnikova 6SI-1000 Ljubljana
Telephone: + (386 61) 178 3041
Telefax: + (386 61) 178 3196
E-mail: smis@usm.mzt.si
South Africa
Standards Information Centre
South African Bureau of Standards
Private Bag X1910001 PRETORIA
Telephone: + (27 12) 428 7911
Telefax: + (27 12) 344 1568
E-mail: info@sabs.co.za
Spain
(a) Ministerio de Comercio y Turismo
Dirección General de Comercio Exterior
(Subdirección General de Control, Inspección y
Normalización del Comercio Exterior)Paseo de la Castellana, 162, 6a planta
28046 Madrid
Telephone: + (34 1) 349 37 70
+ (34 1) 349 37 64
+ (34 1) 349 37 54
Telefax: + (34 1) 349 37 40
+ (34 1) 349 37 77
(b) Spanish national standards:
Asociación Española de Normalización y de Certificación (AENOR)
Calle Fernández de la Hoz, 52
28010 Madrid
Telephone: + (34 1) 310 48 51
Telefax: + (34 1) 310 49 76G/TBT/ENQ/14
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Sri Lanka
Director of Commerce
Department of Commerce
"Rakshana Mandiraya"21 Vauxhall Street
Colombo 2
Telephone: + (94 1) 29 733
+ (94 1) 43 61 14
Telefax: + (94 1) 43 02 33
Telex: 21908 COMMERCE
Swaziland
Quality Assurance Unit
Ministry of Enterprise and EmploymentP.O. Box 451
Mbabane
Telephone: + (268) 432 01
Telefax: + (268) 447 11
Sweden
(a) Enquiry point for Article 10.1:
Kommerskollegium
(National Board of Trade)
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point
Box 6803
S-113 86 Stockholm
Telephone: + (46 8) 690 48 00
Telefax: + (46 8) 690 48 40
(b) Enquiry point for Article 10.2:
SIS Service AB
WTO-TBT Enquiry PointBox 6455
S-10382 Stockholm
Telephone: + (46 8) 610 30 00
Telefax: + (46 8) 307 757
Switzerland
Swiss Association for Standardization
SNVMühlebachstrasse 54
CH-8008 ZürichG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (41 1) 254 54 54
Telefax: + (41 1) 254 54 74
E-mail: switec@snv.ch
The SNV has been established as the Enquiry Point by the Federal Office of External
Economic Affairs.
Tanzania
The Principal Secretary
Ministry of Industries and Trade
P.O. Box 9503Dar Es Salaam
Telephone: + (255 51) 117 222-5
Telefax: + (255 51) 46919
Telex: 41689
The Director
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 9524
Dar Es Salaam
Telephone: + (255 51) 450 298
Telefax: + (255 51) 450 983
Telex: 41667 TBS TZ
Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI)
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street
Bangkok 10400
Telephone: + (66 2) 202 34 01
+ (66 2) 202 35 08
+ (66 2) 202 35 12
Telefax: + (66 2) 247 87 34
+ (66 2) 202 34 02
E-mail: stdinfo@tisi.go.th
Trinidad and Tobago
The Director
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS)
P.O. Box 467
Port of Spain
Telephone: + (868) 662 88 27
+ (868) 662 44 81/2
Telefax: + (868) 663 43 35
E-mail: ttbs@opus.co.ttG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Tunisia
(a) Standards:
Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle
(National Standardization and Industrial Property Institute)
INNORPI
Contact Point: Mr. Ali Ben Gaied
Cité El Khadhra par Rue Alain Savary
1003 Tunis le Belvédère
B.P. 23
1012 Tunis
Telephone: + (216 1) 78 59 22
Telefax: + (216 1) 78 15 63
For information on:   Standards; Standardization and certification systems; Industrial
property; Quality; Relations with foreign standardization and certification bodies.
For services in the areas of:  Quality promotion; Certification; Industrial property; Other
services include sale of standards and draft standards, access to domestic and foreign databases,
consultation of Tunisian and foreign standards.
(b) Seeds and plants:
Ministry of Agriculture
Directorate-General of Agricultural ProductionSeeds and Plants Monitoring and Certification Division
Contact Point: Mr. Aissa Bouziri
30, rue Alain Savary
1002 Tunis Belvédère
Telephone and
Telefax: + (216 1) 80 04 19
For information on:  Standards for seeds and plants
Documents available:   Analysis reports and texts of regulations and standards
(c) Technical regulations on Telecoms:
Ministry of Communications
Contact Point: Mr. Ridha Guellouz
3 bis, rue d'Angleterre
1000 Tunis
Telephone: + (216 1) 33 34 36
Telefax: + (216 1) 33 26 85
Documents available on:  Regulations and technical subjectsG/TBT/ENQ/14
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(d) Pesticides and disinfectants for domestic use:
Ministry of Public Health
Directorate of Environmental Health and Environmental Protection
Contact point:  Mr. Shlaheddine CHENITI.5 rue Chaabane El B' houri
1002 Tunis
Telephone: + (216 1) 79 17 15
Telefax: + (216 1) 79 09 73
For information on:   Regulatory and organizational aspects relating to pesticides for domestic
use and disinfectants.
Documents available on:   Approval and attribution procedures relating to pesticides for
domestic use and disinfectants.
(e) Pharmaceuticals, medical accessories and special diet foods:
Ministry of Public Health
Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicaments
Contact point:  Professor Amor TOUMI31 rue Khartoum
1002 Tunis
Telephone: + (216 1) 79 68 24
Telefax: + (216 1) 79 78 16
For information on:   Regulatory and organizational aspects relating to:
- Human medicaments;
- Veterinary medicaments;
- serums and vaccines;
- pharmaceutical accessories;- cosmetics.
Documents available on:   Legislation and approval and attribution procedures for the above-
mentioned products.
(f) Technical regulations in other areas:
Ministry of Trade
Directorate-General of Competition and Internal Trade
6, rue Venezuela1002 Tunis Belvédère
Telephone: + (216 1) 78 08 15
Telefax: + (216 1) 78 18 47
For information on:   Any technical regulations not covered aboveG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Turkey
(a) Enquiry point for Article 10.1:
Prime Ministry
Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade
General Directorate for Standardization for Foreign Trade
06510 Emek-Ankara
Telephone: + (90 312) 212 58 96
+ (90 312) 212 87 17
Telefax: + (90 312) 212 87 68E-mail: gokali@foreigntrade.gov.tr
(b) Enquiry point for Article 10.1.2:
Turkish Standards Institution
Necatibey Cad. No: 112 Bakanhklar
06100 Ankara
Telephone: + (90 312) 418 01 15
Telefax: + (90 312) 418 01 16
E-mail: biedb@tse.org.tr
Uganda
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS)
Plot M 217, Nakawa Industrial AreaP.O. Box 6329
Kampala
Telephone: + (256 41) 22 23 69
+ (256 41) 22 23 67
United Kingdom
(a) Enquiry point of Article 10.1:
WTO Section
Department of Trade and IndustryRoom 360
Kingsgate House
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
Telephone: + (44 171) 2 15 45 11
Telefax: + (44 171) 2 15 45 12
(b) Enquiry point of Article 10.3:
BSI Information Centre
389 Chiswick High Road
London  W4  4ALG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone:  + (44 181) 996 71 11
Telefax: + (44 181) 996 70 48
United States
National Center for Standards and Certification Information
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Bldg. 820, Room 164
Gaithersburg, MD  20899
Telephone: + (1 301) 975 40 40
Telefax: + (1 301) 926 15 59E-mail: ncsci@nist.gov
The United States' enquiry point, in the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
maintains a reference collection of standards, specifications, test methods, codes and recommended
practices.  This reference material includes United States' government agencies regulations, andstandards of United States private standards-developing organizations and foreign national and
international standardizing bodies.  The enquiry point responds to all enquiries for information
concerning federal, state and private regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures.
Uruguay
Dirección General para Asuntos Económicos Internacionales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Colonia 1206
Montevideo
Telephone: + (598 2) 902 06 18
Telefax: + (598 2) 901 74 13
Dirección General de Comercio del Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas
Servicio de Información Comercial
Colonia 1206 – PBC.P. 11.100
Montevideo
Telephone: + (598 2) 900 26 22
Telefax: + (598 2) 902 82 06E-mail: coensic@tips.org.uv
Zambia
(a) Zambia Bureau of Standards
The Director
Box 50259
ZA 15101
Ridgeway
LusakaG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone and
Telefax: + (260 1) 227 171
Telex: 40555 zabs
E-mail: zabs@zamnet.zm
(b) Permanent Secretary/Attent ion of Director of Trade
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
P.O. Box 31968, Lusaka, Zambia
Telephone: + (260 1) 228 301/9
Telefax: + (260 1) 226 673
(c) Zoo - Sanitary (Animal/animal material)
Senior Veterinary Officer
Department of Animal Production and Health
Mulungushi House
P.O. Box 50060, Lusaka, Zambia
Telephone: + (260 1) 250 274
+ (260 1) 252 608
Telefax: + (260 1) 236 283
(d) Phytosanitary service (Plant material)
Mount Makulu Research Station
P/B 7 Chilanga, Zambia
Telephone: + (260 1) 278 655
+ (260 1) 278 242
Telefax: + (260 1) 230 62 22
Zimbabwe
(a) Standards, technical regulations and certification schemes:
The Director General,
Standards Association of Zimbabwe
P.O. Box 2259
Northend Close, Northridge ParkBorrowdale, Harare
Telephone: + (263 4) 882 017-19
+ (263 4) 885 511/2
Telefax: + (263 4) 882 020
(b) Agricultural products:
The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Agriculture1 Borrowdale Road
P/Bag 7701
Causeway, HarareG/TBT/ENQ/14
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Telephone: + (263 4) 708 061
Telefax: + (263 4) 734 646
(c) Food and health safety:
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare
P.O. Box CY 1122
Causeway
Harare
Telephone: + (263 4) 730 011
Telefax: + (263 4) 729 154
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