If you produce contributions for foreign markets as a technical illustrator or editor, you also deal with international standards and regulations. This small paperback provides an overview of the standardization institutes in Europe together with complete contact addresses.

The national standardization institutes of Europe avidly pursue a common goal: to consolidate different standards from various countries into one standardized body of European standards.

These organizations are presented individually in the Beuth pocket Standardization Institutes in Europe. From A (as in Albania) to C (as in Cyprus) or I and P (as in Iceland and Portugal), all European countries involved - to a greater or lesser degree - in this process are included. 

The reader learns (in English and German) many interesting details about each institution: about the historical development, the number of employees, the memberships, the areas of responsibility, the extent of the standards managed, the specialized focus, the status of the national standards, the financing sources and the budget.

The responsible parties in these institutions throughout Europe agree meanwhile that in addition to national perspectives, especially European and international interests must also be taken into account in order to achieve full development of the strategic importance of standards.

Under the editorialship of Martin Hoffmann and Ottmar Krampe-Piderit, this is a clear and compact reference work that presents an up-to-date and concise picture of the distinguishing aspects of the national standardization institutes in Europe: the reader practically has Europe's entire standardization system in his pocket. And for anyone specifically seeking direct contact or further information, the addresses of the individual standardization institutes are listed (which goes without saying in an address book).

Beuth-Pocket
Martin W. Hoffmann, Ottmar K.-Piderit
Die Normungsinstitute in Europa
An Overview
German/English
Editor: DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.,
Beuth Verlag GmbH: Berlin, Vienna, Zurich
2000. 96 p.
8,60 EUR / 15,00 SFR
ISBN 3-410-14868-X.