AFNOR

The Association Française de Normalisation ( AFNOR ) is the official French agency for standardization. She is a member of both the ISO and the European Committee for Standardization.

It was founded in 1926 as a registered association ( Association Loi 1901) French companies. A decree by the Ministry of Industry AFNOR gives exclusive power to approve " standards ".

The AFNOR Group has a network key partner. These are DQS ( Germany ), DS ( Denmark), JQA (Japan), QMI (North America), SQS ( Switzerland ), APAVE / CPM ( APAVE Lyonnaise / CPM Instituto Ricerche Analisi Prove ( Medical devices ) ), COFRAC (Comité Français d ' Accréditation, the French Accreditation Committee ), COPREC (French federation of professional prevention and control Organizations), CSTB (French Centre for Building Sciences and Technologies research), CTBA ( Technical Centre for the Wood and Furniture Industry) and CERIB (French R & D Centre for the Concrete Industry).