AENOR
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (Spain)
ANSI
American National Standards Institute sponsored by NEMA
AS
Australian Standard
ASE
Association Suisse des Electriciens (Swiss)
ASQC
American Society for Quality Control
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
ATEX
Explosive Atmospheres (Safety directive)
BCI
Battery Council International (Publishes AutomotiveBatteryStandards)
BS
British Standards
CARB
California Air Resources Board (Automotive Emission Standards)
CE
Conformance with EU directives
CEN
European Committee for Normalisation (Standards Committee)
CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
CISPA
International Special Committee on Radio Interference
CODATA
Committee on Data for Science and Technology (Committee of ICSU)
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
DEF
Defence Standards (UK)
DEMKO
Danmarks Electriske Materielkontrol (Denmark)
DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardisation)
ECE
Economic Commission forEuroperegulations.
EIA
Electronics Industry Association (USA)
EN
European Norms (Standards)
FCC
Federal Communications Commission (USA)
FIMKO
Finnish Electrical Inspectorate
FIPA
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (Interoperability standards)
GB
Guo Biao = National Standard (People's Republic ofChina)
HSE
Health & Safety Executive (UK)
ICSU
International Council for Science
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK)
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA)
IMQ
Instituto ItalianodelMarchio de Qualitá
IP
Ingress Protection
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ITU
International TelecommunicationsUnion
JIS
Japanese Industrial Standard
KEMA
Keuring van Elektrotechnishe Materialen (Netherlands)
KIST
KoreanInstituteofStandardsand Technology
MIL
Military Standards (USA)
MISRA
Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (UK)
MVEG
Motor Vehicle Emission Group (EU Emission standards)
NAMAS
National Measurement Accreditation Service (UKCalibration)
NEMA
National Electric Manufacturers Association (USA)
NEMKO
Norges Electriske Materiellkontroll (Norway)
NF
Norme Française (France)
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association (USA)
NIJ
National Institute of Justice (USA)
OSHA
US Department of Labor - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
OVE
Osterreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik (Austria)
PowerNet
Automotive 42 VoltBatteryStandard
RESNA
Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society ofNorth America
SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers (USA)
SEMKO
Svenska Elektriska Materielcontrollanstalten (Sweden)
SEV
Schweitzerischer Elektrotechnische Verein (Swiss)
STANAG
NATO Standards Agreements
STRD
DTI Standards and Technical Regulations Directorate (UK)
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association (USA)
TR
Technical Report (Used by IEC)
TÜV
TÜV Rheinland Group (TUV - Technical Inspection Asssociation)
UKAS
UK Accreditation Service (Assessment of test services)/(Calibration)
UL
Underwriters Laboratories Requirements (USA)
USABC
United States AdvancedBatteryConsortium
USNEC
United States National Electrical Code
UTE
Union Technique de l'Electriciteé (France)
VDE
Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (Germany)