Standards

National Standards Organisations

AFNOR, the French standardisation association
UTE, Technical Union of Electricity
ETSI, European Telecommunications Standards Institute

Integration in the International Standards Network

At the European level:
- CEN, European Committee for Standardisation
- CENELEC, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation

At the international level:
- International Standards Organisation (ISO)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Classification of Standards

NF is the national certification mark.
CE is the European certification mark. It is compulsory for a country to be able to sell on the market.

Online Consultation of Standards

AFNOR
The on-line catalog of European standards
The ISO catalog
The most important standardisation programmes (Website in French)

Certification Organisations

See the list of independent organisations which issue the NF mark with AFNOR accreditation.