Armenia (SARM)

Address

National Institute of Standards
Komitas Avenue 49/2
AM-AM-0051 Yerevan

Tel: +374 10 23 70 20
Fax: +374 10 28 56 20
E-mail: sarm@sarm.am
Web: www.sarm.am

About SARM

The first Standards Bureau in Armenia was established in 1931 as a branch of the former Gosstandard system. It carried out activities in the fields of standardization, calibration of measuring devices and applied metrology.
The Institute "Armstandard" was established in 1998. By Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia in 2004 the Institute "Armstandard" was reorganized into the National Institute of Standards. The Institute is a closed joint-stock company operating under the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development of the Republic of Armenia.
Works on development and examination of Armenian (AST) and Interstate (GOST) standards, classification (AC) as well as scientific and methodological works in the field of standardization are carried out by the Institute.
The Institute has been accredited as a product, services, quality and environmental management systems certification body and carries out conformity assessment activities in the mentioned fields.
Activities on standardization and conformity assessment are performed according to the Laws "On Standardization" adopted by the Parliament of Armenia in 1999, amended in 2004 and "On Conformity Assessment" adopted by the Parliament of Armenia in 2004.
In accordance with the Law "On Standardization", the national standards are voluntary, but a part of them contains mandatory requirements.
SARM is a member body of ISO since 1996.

Participation in the technical work