Glossary


standard
Under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, "[a] document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. It may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method." The definition is found in ATBT Annex 1 § 2.See also: NB, technical regulation, technical specification