Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - Canada IAAC PAC ILAC IAF APLAC COPANT ISO JTC1 WTO/TBT ITU Codex Inquiry point IEC WTO/SPS SCC Standard Council of Canada Industry Canada Health Canada CNRC Accredited SDOs Accredited Management System Certifiers Accredited Inspection Bodies Accredited Product Certifiers TSACC Measurement Canada BNQ CGSB CSA ULC OIML Accredited Personnel Certifiers Accredited Laboratories Accredited Auditor Course Providers APLMF INMS NINT APMP BIPM Regional Government International Non-Government

Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - Canada Standard Council of Canada (SCC) www.scc.ca A federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) www.bnq.qc.ca A member organization of the National Standards System of Canada and operates in the fields of Standards development, the product, process, service and person Certification, the system registration of quality and environmental management systems. Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) www.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb An organization of the Government of Canada, offers Standards Development services, Certification and Qualification Programs and Management Systems Programs Canadian Standards Association (CSA) www.csa.ca A non-profit membership-based association accredited by SCC as one of nationally accredited SDOs Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada (ULC) www.ulc.ca An independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization

Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - Canada Industry Canada www.ic.gc.ca Measurement Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inmc-mc.nsf/en/Home Administers and enforces the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Weights and Measures Act through the exclusive constitutional authority of the Government of Canada Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of Canada (TSACC) www.tsacc.ic.gc.ca An industry-government partnership formed in 1991 to develop strategic directions for standardization in the Information Technology and Telecommunications (IT&T) sectors. National Research Council Canada www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca the Government of Canada's premier organization for research and development Institute for National Measurement Standards http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html Canada’s national metrology institute (NMI). In accordance with the National Research Council Act, it is charged with the responsibility to investigate and determine standards and methods of measurement National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) http://nint-innt.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/home/index_e.html Operated as a partnership between the National Research Council and the University of Alberta, and is jointly funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta and the university

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