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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) http://www.bsi-global.com/
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NMS, the DTI's National Measurement System, funding metrology science www.dti.gov.uk/nms
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 A fuller listing of Government Departments
can be found on the UK Online Government web site at www.ukonline.gov.uk
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) www.nacab.org.uk/index.html
DTI's 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
Copies of Regulations Statutory Instruments can be found on HMSO’s website at www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm and orders for printed copies can placed via the Stationery Office’s online site www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/
 
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) www.iso.ch
IEC (International Electrical Congress) www.iec.ch
   


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