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Standards and
Metrology(SM) Dept. |
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This Department is run by the Head of
Standards and Metrology (SM) Dept. It consists of the following
three specialized technical sections: |
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1- Food and Agricultural Products Standards Section;
2- Chemical, Petroleum and Textile Products Standards Section;
3- Electromechanical Products and Metrology Standards Section. |
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In assuming its mission, while taking advantage of the activities of
the (SM) Dept, Qatar General Organization for Standards and
Metrology (QGOSM) maintains close relationships with the regional,
foreign and international standardization/metrology bodies mentioned
below: |
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1- Standardization and Metrology Organization for GCC States (GSO);
2- Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO);
3- International Organization for Standardization (ISO);
4- QGOSM constitutes an Enquiry Point for the World Trade
Organization (WTO) in terms of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and
Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures (SPS). |
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Normative References Used
in Preparing Qatar Standard (QS) |
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In preparing its own draft standards QGOSM's Department of Standards
and Metrology refers to plenty of (complementary) Arab, foreign and
international standards available in its Library and Technical
Information unit (mainly set up for this purpose). |
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The key references among these are: |
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• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Codex
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
• International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• British Standards Institute (BSI)
• Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
• Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for
Standardization) (DIN)
• Association française de normalization (French Organization for
Standardization) (AFNOR)
Egyptian Specifications (ES)
• Jordanian Specifications (JS)
• Specifications of Saudi Arabia (SSA) |
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To obtain necessary information, QGOSM's Department of Standards and
Metrology directly contacts any of the above mentioned bodies
through the Internet, with a view to keep the Qatari Standards(QS)
matching with the world's progress in science and technology areas. |
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The phased procedure for preparing aQS:
1- Collecting and considering the annually proposed draft work
plans.
2- Getting the annual plans approved (by the Board of Directors).
3- Office Study.
4- Field Study.
5- Study by the Technical Committee.
6- Preparing the initial draft by the Technical Committee.
7- Circulate the Initial draft (two months).
8- Receiving relevant comments.
9- Study the remarks made by the Technical Committee.
10- Preparing the final draft of the standard.
11- Final distribution of the draft (one month).
12- Hearing back comments.
13- Forwarding the draft to the Board of Directors.
14- Getting the standard approved (by the Board of Directors). |
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