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AN ANALYSIS INTO THE IMPACT OF STANDARDS ON THE OPERATION OF SLOVENIAN COMPANIES

Table 1: Formal structure of organizations for standardization

Organizational level Organization Validity
International
ISO: International Organization Voluntary transposition of
European for Standardization; international standards
standards in the general field and
in the IT field in liaison with IEC
(ISO/IEC JTC1)
IEC: International Electrotechni-
cal Commission; international
standards in the field of
electrotechnology
ITU: International Telecom-
munication Union; international
standardization documents and
legislation in the field of
telecommunications

CEN: European Committee National standards bodies –
for Standardization; European members to CEN, CENELEC and
standards in the general field ETSI – shall transpose all European
CENELEC: European Committee standards into their national stand-
for Electrotechnical Standardization; ards within a prescribed time period
European standards in the field of (6 months). Through transposition,
electrotechnology a European standard automatically
ETSI: European Telecommunica- becomes applicable in all member
tions Standards Institute; European states of CEN and CENELEC. Stand-
standards and standardization ards themselves are not binding, but
documents for telecommunications the legislation may make exclusive
reference to a certain standard,
whereby the use of the standard
becomes compulsory (harmonized
and non-harmonized standard).
The selected European standards
allow safe trading inside the EU
single market.

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