Germany (DIN)

Address

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung
Burggrafenstrasse 6
DE-10787 Berlin

Postal Address:

DE-10772 Berlin

Tel: +49 30 26 01-0
Fax: +49 30 26 01 12 31
E-mail: directorate.international@din.de
Web: www.din.de

Webstore: www.beuth.de/

About DIN

DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung is a private, non-profit-making association and was founded in 1917. Relations between DIN and Government, both on the Federal and the Länder levels, are regulated by contracts.

DIN standards are recognized by industry, trade, labour unions, consumers, Government and jurisprudence as accepted rules of technology. DIN standards are established according to the following eight principles:
1. Standards are voluntary in nature.
2. Standards projects and drafts are made available for public comment.
3. All interested parties can participate.
4. DIN standards form a unified and consistent whole.
5. They keep to the technical matter in hand.
6. They are geared to technological development.
7. They are matched to economic conditions.
8. They are geared to the benefit of the community as a whole.

Internationalist in spirit, DIN strives towards world trade that is free of technical barriers.

To promote the implementation of standards, DIN organizes training courses, regular exchange of experience among standards practitioners. DIN's publishing house, Beuth Verlag, provides 52 % of DIN's total budget through its sale of standards and associated technical literature in printed form, on microform and on electronic media.

Participation in the technical work