Poland Standards

Polish Committee for Standardization

PN Standards

The first standardization work in Poland was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century in the electrotechnical and engineering fields. In 1923, the Council of Ministers set up a technical committee, which became the Polish Committee for Standardization in 1924. Polish Standards were voluntary and concerned industrial products and their delivery requirements. In 1945, the Committee was reinstated. It underwent subsequent reorganizations and became the Polish Committee for Standardization and Measures (in 1972) and the Polish Committee for Standardization, Measures and Quality Control - PKNMiJ (in 1979). All Polish Standards were mandatory at that time. In 1993, PKNMiJ was dissolved and the Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN) was reinstated.

In 2002, the Parliament passed a new Law on Standardization (effective as of 2003-01-01). In accordance with this Law, PKN is a state organizational unit financed from the state budget. Standards work is carried out by Technical Committees (KTs) and Polish Standards (PNs) are voluntary. PKN is supported by the Standardization Council consisting of representatives of all parties interested in standardization. PKN is the National Standards Body for all fields of standardization.

PKN is a member of ISO, IEC , CEN and CENELEC. It is also signatory (as NSO) of the MoU with ETSI.

European Countries A-Z and Standards Organisations

• Austria - Onorm
  Österreichisches Normungsinstitut (ON)
   
• Belgium - NBN
  Bureau De Normalisation (NBN)
   
• Bulgaria - BIS
  Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)
   
• Cyprus - CYS
  Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS)
   
• Czech Republic - CSN
  Czech Standards Institute (CNI)
   
• Denmark - DS
  Dansk Standard (DS)
   
• Estonia - EVS
  Eesti Standardikeskus (EVS)
   
• Finland - SFS
  Finnish Standards Association SFS (SFS)
   
• France - NF
  Association française de normalisation (AFNOR)
   
• Greece - ELOT
  Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT)
   
• Hungary - MSZ
  Magyar Szabványügyi Testület (MSZT)
   
• Iceland - IST
  Icelandic Standards (IST)
   
• Latvia - LVS
  Latvian Standard (LVS)
   
• Lithuania - LST
  Lithuanian Standards Board (LST)
   
• Luxembourg - DIN
  Service de l'Energie de l'Etat (SEE)
   
• Malta - MSA
  Malta Standards Authority (MSA)
   
• Norway - NS
  Standards Norway (SN)
   
• Poland - PN
  Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN)
   
• Portugal - IPQ
  Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ)
   
• Romania - SR
  Asociatia de Standardizare din România (ASRO)
   
• Slovakia - STN
  Slovak Standards Institute (SUTN)
   
• Slovenia - SIST
  Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST)
   
• Spain - UNE
  Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR)
   
• United Kingdom - BS
  British Standards Institution (BSI)