Details of Agreement

S.No Country Organization Title of MoU/Bilateral Cooperation Date of signing Current validity Date of last renewal Type of Agreement Document
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ISO

Memorandum of Understanding the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) – National Institute of Training for Standardization (NITS) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

13-09-2006 Indefinite - Memorandum of Understanding View
2 Afghanistan

Afghan National Standardization Authority (ANSA)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and Afghan National Standardization Authority on cooperation in the field of standardization

10-04-2006 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
3 Bangladesh

Bangladesh Standard and Testing institution (BSTI)

Memorandum of Understanding between Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

26-06-2007 2022-06-05 06-06-2019 Memorandum of Understanding View
4 Bangladesh

Bangladesh Standard and Testing institution (BSTI)

Agreement between Bureau of Indian Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution on cooperation in the field of standardization and conformity assessment

06-06-2015 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
5 Belarus

The State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (GOSSTANDART)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of standardization and information support

03-06-2015 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
6 Bhutan

Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB)

Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between Bureau of Indian Standards, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India and Bhutan Standards Bureau, the Royal Government of Bhutan

11-06-2015 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
7 Brazil

ABNT

Agreement between Bureau of Indian Standards and Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) on cooperation in mutual recognition

24-10-2016 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
8 Egypt

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

04-03-2012 2021-03-04 10-05-2019 Memorandum of Understanding View
9 European Union

CEN

MoU for national adoption of CEN Standard EN 115:1995 + A1:1998 + A2:2004 “Safety rules for the construction and installation of escalators and passenger conveyers” in India

23-03-2017 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
10 European Union

European Telecommunication Standards Institute

Memorandum of Understanding between The Bureau of Indian Standards and The European Telecommunication Standards Institute

22-12-2021 - - Memorandum of Understanding View
11 European Union

CEN-CENELEC

Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Indian Standards and European Committee for Standardization and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

03-03-2022 - - Memorandum of Understanding View
12 Germany

DIN

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi represented by the Director General Mr. Svayam Prakash Sharma and DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung, Berlin represented by Director Dr-Ing. Torsten Bahke on cooperation and mutual interest in the fields of standardization and certification

24-04-2006 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
13 Germany

DKE

Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi and DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies of DIN and VDE, Frankfurt am Main

03-04-2007 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
14 Ghana

Ghana Standards Authority (GSA)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Ghana Standards Authority (GSA)

18-07-2018 2023-07-17 - Memorandum of Understanding View
15 Greece

The National Quality Infrastructure system/ Hellenic Organization for Standardization (NQIS/ ELOT)

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and The National Quality Infrastructure system/ Hellenic Organization for Standardization (NQIS/ ELOT) in the field of standardization

18-06-2018 2028-06-16 17-06-2023 Memorandum of Understanding View
16 Indonesia

National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (SON)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards of Republic of India and the National Standardization Agency of the Republic of Indonesia on Standardization cooperation

12-12-2016 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
17 Iran

Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (ISIRI)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI)

04-05-2013 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
18 Israel

Standards institution of Israel (SII)

Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India and Standards Institution of Israel (SII), Israel

21-12-1994 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
19 Japan

Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

25-01-2014 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
20 Jordan

Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO), Jordan

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Jordan Standard and Metrology Organization for cooperation in the fields of Standardization and Conformity assessment

11-10-2015 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
21 Kenya

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and The Kenya Bureau of Standards

05-12-2023 2028-12-04 - Memorandum of Understanding View
22 Kyrgyzstan

Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic (The Centre for Standardization and Metrology/ CSM)

12-07-2015 2018-07-11 - Memorandum of Understanding View
23 Mali

Direction Nationale De Industries

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Mal

29-09-2016 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
24 Mauritius

Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of the Republic of India, as represented by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius, as represented by Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)

24-10-2005 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
25 Nepal

Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)

Agreement between the Bureau of Indian Standards, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution of the Republic of India and Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, Ministry of Industry of Nepal on cooperation in the field of standardization and conformity assessment

24-08-2017 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
26 Nigeria

Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Standards Organization of Nigeria

27-09-2016 2019-09-26 - Memorandum of Understanding View
27 Pakistan

Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA)

Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between the Bureaus of Indian Standards. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority, Ministry of Science and Technology

21-09-2012 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
28 Russia

Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology (GOSTR)

Memorandum of Understanding in the field of standardization and conformity assessment between the Bureau of Indian Standards (Republic of India) and the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (Russian Federation)

21-10-2013 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
29 Saudi Arabia

Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO)

Technical Cooperation Program between the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

03-04-2016 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
30 Slovenia

Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)

Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)

14-06-2011 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
31 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI)

Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between Bureau of Indian Standards and Sri Lanka Standards Institution

17-08-2006 Indefinite -- Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
32 Sudan

Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization

25-02-2021 2024-02-24 - Memorandum of Understanding View
33 Suriname

Suriname Standards Bureau

MoU between BIS and SSB

30-08-2022 2025-08-29 - Memorandum of Understanding View
34 Taiwan

Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC)

Mutual Cooperation in the field of Standardization and Conformity

18-05-2022 2027-05-17 - Memorandum of Understanding View
35 UAE

Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA)

Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Indian Standards and Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology

03-09-2015 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
36 USA

BIS, ANSI & CII

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an India - U.S. Standards Portal between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

20-12-2007 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
37 USA

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the American National Standards Institute

13-09-2006 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View
38 USA

Underwriters laboratories (UL)

Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Indian Standards and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)

12-04-2021 2026-04-11 - Memorandum of Understanding View
39 USA

International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration

Letter of Consent from IIAR

17-11-2021 - - View
40 Uzbekistan

Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan (UZSTANDART)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards and Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Uzbekistan

17-05-2011 16-05-2021 -- Memorandum of Understanding View
41 Uzbekistan

The Uzbek Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification

Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Results of Product Conformity Assessment between Bureau of Indian Standards and the Uzbek Agency for Standardization, Metrology and Certification

10-12-2020 Indefinite - Bilateral Cooperation Agreement View
42 Viet Nam

Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality of Viet Nam (STAMEQ)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality for cooperation in the fields of standardization and conformity assessment

03-09-2016 Indefinite -- Memorandum of Understanding View