Standardization is
voluntary co-operation to find solutions that can be applied repeatedly
to problems, especially in the spheres of science, technology and economics.
Standardization is carried out at international, regional, national and
company levels.
The Finnish Standards Association SFS is an independent, non-profit making
organization co-operating with trade federations and industry, research
institutes, labour market organizations, consumer organizations, and governmental
and local authorities. Members of SFS include professional, commercial
and industrial organizations, and the state of Finland represented by
the ministries.
FINNISH STANDARDS
ASSOCIATION SFS
SFS Standards
SFS Standards are voluntary documents and are drawn up by technical committees
of SFS or its standards-writing bodies. The total number of SFS Standards
amounts to over 17 000. All SFS Standards are mentioned in the annual
bilingual (Finnish and English) SFS Catalogue, which is in the www-pages
of SFS continuously up-dated.
SFS standards can be downloaded from the on line shop of SFS. The internet
address of the shop is http://sales.sfs.fi
European obligation
The Finnish Standards Association SFS and its standards-writing bodies,
the Finnish Electrotechnical Standards Association and Finnish Communications
Regulatory Authority are members of the European standards organizations
CEN, CENELEC and ETSI.
The membership implies obligation to implement all European standards
as SFS standards within six months, when the organization concerned has
approved the European standard.
Information on Standards
SFS promotes the use of standards in Finland by giving information on
international, foreign and Finnish standards and drafts. The WTO Enquiry
Point has operated at SFS by mandate of the Ministry of Trade and Industry
since 1980.
Distribution of Standards
National SFS Standards are sold in Finland only by SFS. Distribution of
SFS standards abroad is handled by national ISO member bodies.
SFS is the Finnish source for all international standards and drafts of
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), for European
standards and drafts of CEN and for publications of ISO member bodies.
SFS also distributes other foreign standards and technical regulations.
Ecolabelling
SFS runs the Finnish ecolabelling body which is part of the joint Nordic
environmental labelling program. The main purpose of the program is to
guide consumers in selecting products that will be less harmful to the
environment than alternative products available. Another target of the
program is to stimulate companies to develop products and production methods
that will have less hazardous impacts on the environment. More information
in English is available from SIS Ecolabelling, Sweden.
SFS also administers the European Union eco label system in Finland. The
aim of the system is to promote development, manufacture, marketing and
use of products which place less load on the environment. More information
in English is available from European Commission, Environment.
PowerPoint presentation of SFS.
Finnish Standards Association SFS
Maistraatinportti 2
FI-00240 HELSINKI FINLAND E-mail sfs@sfs.fi
Tel. int. +358 9 149 9331
Telefax int. +358 9 146 4925
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