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Useful links

Relevant links to external sites may be found on many of our pages.

Some of the more generally useful links are listed below.

• British Standards Institution (BSI)
• NMS, the National Measurement System, funding metrology science.
• Our Manufacturing Advisory Service website is specifically designed to help UK manufacturers, large and small, to identify sources of manufacturing related support and expertise.
• The Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
• The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)
• Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
• The Institute of Trading Standards Administration (ITSA)
• The Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Formerly the Medical Devices Agency (MDA)
• The European Commission
• Other Government Departments and Agencies, and general public service information - A listing of Government Departments, and a wide range of public service information, can be found on the DirectGov website.
• Citizens Advice Bureaux
• The RTTE (Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Forum (formerly known as the Terminal Approvals Policy Committee - TAPC)
• The European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• For information on Building Regulations visit The Department for Communities and Local Government - http://www.communities.gov.uk
• More information can be found on the New Approach Directives and CE Marking at newapproach.org
• Harmonised Standards - A list of references to harmonised standards in the context of the "New Approach" Directives can be found on the European Commission website.
• The 'New Approach' website also provides details of all harmonised standards
• The EC Commission's website contains regularly updated lists of notified bodies under the New and Global Approach directives.
• The EC Commission’s own Guide to the Implementation of Directives based on the New Approach and Global Approach (the so-called ‘Vade Mecum’).
• BERR's Action Single Market Unit will try to help if a Member State's existing technical regulation is causing a barrier to trade.
• The UK's World Trade Organisation / Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Enquiry Point notifies the WTO Secretariat proposed government regulations and conformity assessment procedures that might significantly affect international trade.
• UK Trade & Investment - the Government organisation that supports both companies in the UK trading internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK.
• Copies of Regulations - Statutory Instruments can be found on The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website and orders for printed copies can placed via the The Stationery Office online site.
• ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
• IEC (International Electrical Congress)