The theme of this year's World Health Day, which is celebrated on the beginning of April was depression. Affecting more than 300 million people of all ages across the world, depression causes immense suffering to people and their families, as well as placing a great economic cost on society.
48th meeting of the National Standards Organization (NSO) and 69th General Assembly of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was held from 3 to 6 April 2017 in Sophia-Antipolis (France).
International Organization for Standardization ISO has published a new edition of the ISOfocus magazine for March/April.
A delegation of the Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) paid a working visit to the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BAS) and the Republic Institute for Standardization and Metrology of Republic of Srpska (RZSM) from 28th to 29th of March.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is developing a new standard, ISO 21001, Educational organizations - Management systems for educational organizations - Requirements with guidance for use.
BAS EN 1998-1: 2017, Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings (EN 1998-1: 2004, IDT EN 1998-1: 2004 / AC: 2009 IDT).
BAS EN ISO 129544-5: 2017, Paints and varnishes - Corrosion protection of steel structures by protective paint systems - Part 5: Protective paint systems, is adopted by translation method.
World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated annually on 15th of March. For the first time this year in Berlin, within the G20, and as part of the German presidency, a consumer summit “Building a digital world consumers can trust” was held.
Deputy Director of the Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Borislav Kraljević, paid a working visit to the Spanish Association for Standardization - UNE and Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification - AENOR from 9 to 10 March 2017.
BAS EN 1991-1-5/NA: 2017, Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-5: General actions - Thermal actions - National Annex
Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAS) and the Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Czech Republic (ÚNMZ) jointly organized a seminar “Building the future – Eurocodes” on 3 March 2017 at the hotel Termag, Jahorina.
BAS EN 1992-1-2: 2017, Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-2: General rules - Structural fire design (EN 1992-1-2: 2004 IDT EN 1992-1-2 + AC: 2008, IDT).
BAS EN 1993-1-1: 2017 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings (EN 1993-1-1: 2005 IDT EN 1993-1-1: 2005 + AC 2009, IDT EN 1993-1: 2005 + A1: 2014, IDT).
BiH standards BAS EN 12520: 2017, Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for domestic seating and BAS EN 12521: 2017, Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for domestic tables, has been adopted by translation method.
Training course „Relevance on Construction Product Regulation transposition and implementation“ was held from 26th to 27th January 2017 at CEN-CENELEC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Bribery is one of the world’s most destructive and challenging issues. According to the information of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) over US$ 1 trillion is paid in bribes each year and the consequences are catastrophic, reducing quality of life, increasing poverty and eroding public trust.
BAS EN 1992-1-1:2017 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings (EN 1992-1-1:2004, IDT; EN 1992-1-1:2004/AC:2010, IDT; EN 1992-1-1:2004/A1:2014; IDT)
BAS EN ISO 14001:2017, Environmental management systems – requirements with guidance for use, was adopted by translation method.
BAS IEC 60050-426: 2017, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - Part 426: Equipment for explosive atmospheres, was adopted by translation method.
The ISO/IEC 80000 quantities and units series is referenced in the International Bureau of Weights and Measurements (BIPM)’s guide on the International System of Units and thus provides significant support for the definition of quantities and units. It consists of 13 different parts, featuring 11 of ISO and 2 from IEC, some of which are approaching final stage of their revision.