Glossary of Selected Terms
- APEC
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- AS/NZS
- Joint Australian and New Zealand Standard
- ASEAN
- Association of South East Asian Nations
- CE marking
- European safety mark required on many products before they can be sold in Europe
- CEP
- Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership
- CER
- Agreement on Closer Economic Relations between Australia and New Zealand
- GLP
- OECD Good Laboratory Practice - required for research laboratories supplying test data
- HACCP
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
- IANZ
- International Accreditation New Zealand
- IEC
- International Electro-technical Commission
- ISO
- International Organisation for Standardisation
- JAS-ANZ
- Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
- MAF
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- MED
- Ministry of Economic Development
- MFAT
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- MRA
- Mutual Recognition Agreement or Arrangement
- MSL
- Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand
- NZ/EU MRA
- Agreement between New Zealand and the European Community for Mutual Recognition of Conformity Assessment
- NZACB
- New Zealand Association of Certification Bodies
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OSH
- Occupational Safety and Health (a division of the Department of Labour)
- SI
- Le Système International d'Unités - International System of Units (for measurement)
- SNZ
- Standards New Zealand
- SPS
- WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- TBT
- WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- TSS
- Trading Standards Service (a division of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs)
- TTMRA
- Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (New Zealand and Australia)
- WTO
- World Trade Organisation
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