Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Acceptance of the Code of Good Practice - Nepal

NOTIFICATION

UNDER PARAGRAPH C OF THE WTO TBT CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Under paragraph C of the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards contained in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, "Standardizing bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva." The following notification conveyed to the Secretariat from the ISO/IEC Information Centre is being circulated for the information of Members.

 

Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement: NEPAL

Name of standardizing body: Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)

Address of standardizing body: Balaju, Kathmandu Nepal

Telephone: +977-1-4950818, 4950447, 4956672, 4961141, 4950445

Fax: 977-1-4950689

Email:nbsm@nbsm.gov.np; info@nbsm.gov.np; nbsm010@gmail.com

Internet:

Type of standardizing body:

 

X ] central governmental

  ] local governmental

  ] non-governmental

Scope of current and expected standardization activities: As the National standards Body, NBSM prepares demand based National standards by adopting appropriate regional/international standards as well as formulating indigenous standards through consultation with stakeholders. NBSM also takes part in international/regional standardization activities both as a participating member and as an observer. The current scope of NBSM standardization activities covers various sectors including climate change, energy management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, food safety and others.

Date: 17 July 2023