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Useful links
 
Relevant links to external sites may be found on many of our pages.

Some of the more generally useful links are listed below.
  
British Standards Institution (BSI) www.bsi-global.com
NMS, the DTI's National Measurement System, funding metrology science www.dti.gov.uk/nms
The DTI's Manufacturing Advisory Service Website. This site is specifically designed to help UK manufacturers, large and small, to identify sources of manufacturing related support and expertise. www.mas.dti.gov.uk
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) www.hse.gov.uk
United Kingdom Accreditation Service www.ukas.com
Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) www.lacors.gov.uk
Institute of Trading Standards Administration (ITSA) www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Formerly the Medical Devices Agency (MDA) www.mhra.gov.uk
EC Commission www.europa.eu.int
European Organisation for Testing and Certification (EOTC) www.eotc.be/
Other Government Departments and Agencies, and general public service information A listing of Government Departments, and a wide range of public service information, can be found on the Government web site at www.direct.gov.uk
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) www.nacab.org.uk/index.html
DTI's RTTE (Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Forum (formerly known as the Terminal Approvals Policy Committee - TAPC) www.dti.gov.uk/strd/rtte.html
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute www.etsi.org/
Building Regulations Division www.safety.odpm.gov.uk/bregs/index.htm
More information can be found on the New Approach Directives and CE Marking at: www.newapproach.org
Harmonised Standards - A list of references to harmonised standards in the context of the "New Approach" Directives can be found from the European Commission at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/
newapproach/standardization/index.html
The 'New Approach' website also provides details of all harmonised standards: www.newapproach.org/Directives/
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The EC Commission's website contains regularly updated lists of notified bodies under the New and Global Approach directives: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/
newapproach/index.htm
The EC Commission’s own Guide to the Implementation of Directives based on the New Approach and Global Approach (the so-called ‘Vade Mecum’) can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/
newapproach/legislation.htm
DTI's Action Single Market Unit will try to help if a Member State's existing technical regulation is causing a barrier to trade, see: www.dti.gov.uk/europe/asm/index.htm
The UK's World Trade Organisation / Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Enquiry Point notifies the WTO Secretariat proposed government regulations and conformity assessment procedures that might significantly affect international trade. www.dti.gov.uk/ewt/barriers.htm
UK Trade & Investment - the Government organisation that supports both companies in the UK trading internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK. www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Copies of Regulations Statutory Instruments can be found on The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm and orders for printed copies can placed via the The Stationery Office online site http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/
 
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) www.iso.ch
IEC (International Electrical Congress) www.iec.ch
   


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