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Inventory of National Practices on Standards, Technical Regulations
and Conformity Assessment in the Western Hemisphere


Annex I: National Enquiry Point for Information on Standards and Technical Regulation

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial
Av. Leandro N. Alem 1067, Piso 7
1001 Buenos Aires
Telephone: (541) 313.4008
Telefax: (541) 313.2130

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia
Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad (IBNORCA)
Av. Camacho, esquina Calle Bueno no. 1488
Casilla no. 5034
Telephone: (591 2) 31 72 62 Ext. 161
  (591 2) 37 20 45 Ext. 161
Telefax: (591 231 72 62

Brazil
Centro de Informação e Difusão Tecnológica - CIDIT
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial - INMETRO
Av. N.S. das Graças 50
Xerém
25250-020 Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
Telephone: (5521) 779.1409
Telefax: (5521) 779.1631
Telex: 306 72

Canada
Standards Information Service
Standards Council of Canada
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1200
Ottawa
Ontario K1P 6N7
Telephone: (613) 238.3222
Telefax: (613) 995.4564

Chile
Dirección de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins 1315, Piso 2
Santiago
Telephone: (562) 696.0043
Telefax: (562) 696.0639
Telex: 240836 PROCH CL / 340120 PROCH CK

Colombia
Colombia issued Decree 1112 of June of 1996, which creates the National System of Information on Standardization Measures and Procedures for Conformity Evaluation, formed by information on Technical Standards, Technical Regulations and Procedures for Conformity Evaluation, supplied by the National Council of Standards and Qualities , the National Bureau of Standardization, the entities that can issue technical regulations and competent bodies of international trade agreements signed by Colombia.

The System will develop the following activities:

1. Centralize the information on Technical Standards, Technical Regulations and Procedures of Conformity Evaluation;
2. Supply the information on the material when requested to;
3. Notify the competent bodies, in fulfillment of the established in the international trade agreements, the pertinent to the issuance of Technical Standards, Technical Regulation and Procedures for Conformity Evaluation;
4. Receive and administer to the competent national and international entities the consultations on Standardization Measures and Procedures for Conformity Evaluation presented to Colombia.

The Division of Standardization and Quality of the Ministry of Economic Development, under its quality of Technical Secretariat of the National Council of Standards and Qualities, represents and coordinates the System.

The contact point for Colombia is then:

Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
División de Normalización y Calidad
Carrerra 13 No. 28-01, Piso 6.
Santafé de Bogotá
Telephones: (571) 287.1329, (571) 320.0077, (571) 338.0641
Telefax: (571) 288.7004, (571) 287.4737

Costa Rica
Dirección General de Normas y Unidades de Medida
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio
Apartado Postal 1736-2050
San Pedro de Montes de Oca
San José
Telephone and Telefax: (506) 283.5133

Dominica
(a) Agricultural Products

Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Km. 6 1/2 Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Los Jardines del Norte
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 547.3888
Telefax: (809) 227.1268
Contact Person: Mr. Luis Toral C.
Secretario de Estado de Agricultura

(b) Industrial Products

Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas (DIGENOR)
Secretaría de Estado de Industria y Comercio
Edif. de Oficinas Gubernamentales Juan Pablo Duarte, Piso 11
Ave. México, Esq. Leopoldo Navarro,
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 686.2205
Telex: (809) 688.3843
Contact Person: Mr. Luis Mejía

(c) Pharmaceutical Products and Food Additives

Secretaría de Estado de Salud Pública y Assistencia Social (SESPAS)
Av. San Cristóbal, Esq. Tiradentes
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 541.8403 / (809) 541.3121
Telefax: (809) 547.2843
Contact Person: Mr. Victoriano García Santos
Secretario de Estado de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
(a) Agricultural Products

Secretaría de Estado de Agricultura
Km. 6 1/2 Autopista Duarte
Urbanización Los Jardines del Norte
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 547.3888
Telefax: (809) 227.1268
Contact Person: Mr. Luis Toral C.
Secretario de Estado de Agricultura

(b) Industrial Products

Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas (DIGENOR)
Secretaría de Estado de Industria y Comercio
Edif. de Oficinas Gubernamentales Juan Pablo Duarte, Piso 11
Ave. México, Esq. Leopoldo Navarro,
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 686.2205
Telex: (809) 688.3843
Contact Person: Mr. Luis Mejía

(c) Pharmaceutical Products and Food Additives

Secretaría de Estado de Salud Pública y Assistencia Social (SESPAS)
Av. San Cristóbal, Esq. Tiradentes
Santo Domingo, D.N.
Telephone: (809) 541.8403 / (809) 541.3121
Telefax: (809) 547.2843
Contact Person: Mr. Victoriano García Santos
Secretario de Estado de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social

Ecuador

El Salvador
Ministerio de Economía
Dirección de Política Comercial
Normas Técnicas
Paseo General Escalón 4122
San Salvador
Telephone: (503) 279.4181
Telefax: (503) 279.3973

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica
Jamaica Bureau of Standards
6 Winchester Road
P.O. Box 113
Kingston 10
Telephone: (809) 926.3140-6 / (809) 968.2063-71
Telefax: (809) 929.4736
Telex: 2291 STANBUR JA

This Government agency has responsibility for standards develpment and standards implementation in the following areas:
- laboratory testing
- product and systems certification
- technical information
- training
- energy efficiency evaluation
- ISO 9000 certification, and
- laboratory accreditation

Mexico
Dirección General de Normas
A. Puente de Tecamachalco No.6, Piso 3
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco
C.P. 53950
Naucalpan, Estado de México
Telephone: (525) 729.9480
Telefax: (525) 729.9484
Contact Person: Lic. María Eugenia Bracho González

Panama

Paraguay

Peru
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI)
Comisión de Supervisión de Normas Técnicas, Metrología, Control de Calidad y Restricciones Pararancelarias
Calle La Prosa 138
San Borja, Lima 41
Telephone: (511) 224.7800
Telefax: (511) 224.0348 / (511) 224.0347

Saint Lucia

Trinidad & Tobago
Information Centre
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 467
Port-of-Spain
Telephone: (809) 662.4481 / (809) 662.8827
Telefax: (809) 663.4335
E-mail: ttbs@opus-networx.com

United States
Standards Code and Information Program
Office of Standards Services
National Institute of Standards and Technology
TRF Buiding, Room A-163
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Telephone: (301) 975.4040
Telefax: (301) 926.1559
Telex: TRT 197674 NIST UT

The United States' enquiry point, in the National Institue of Standards and Technology, maintains a reference collection of standards, specifications, test methods, codes and recommended practices. This reference material includes United States' government agencies regulations, and standards of United States private standards-developing organizations and foreign national and international standardizing bodies. The enquiry point responds to all enquiries for information concerning federal, state and private regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures.

Uruguay

Venezuela

The following national standard bodies are not yet functioning as an Enquiry Point under WTO:

Ecuador
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN)
Calle Baquerizo Moreno No. 454
Apartado Postal 17-01-3999
Quito
Telephone: (593-2) 56.56.26 / (593-2) 50.18.85 - 89
Telefax: (593-2) 56.78.15
E-mail: inen1@inen.gov.ec

Guatemala
Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas (COGUANOR)
Ministerio de Economía
8a. Avenida 10-43, Zona 1
Ciudad de Guatemala
Telephone: (502-2) 20815 / (502-2) 515055
Telefax: (502-2) 515055 / (502-2) 341090

 
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