Belarus (BELST)

Address

State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus
93 Starovilensky tract
BY-Minsk 220053

Tel: +375 17 233 52 13
Fax: +375 17 233 25 88
E-mail: standart_belst@anitex.by
Web: www.gosstandart.gov.by

About BELST

The Committee for standardization, metrology and certification under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Belstandart) was established on 17 April 1992. Prior to this time standardization work in the country was coordinated by the standards body of the USSR, which began its activity in the twenties of the last century.
At present BELST is the republican public administration body for technical regulation, standardization, metrology and conformity assessment.
It carries out its activities directly and through its lower organizations constituting a single system. It includes three institutions (in the fields of standardization and certification, metrology, professional development), 15 centers for standardization, metrology and certification (located in large industrial cities of the Republic of Belarus) and one testing center for light industry products.
In 2004, the Law "On technical regulation and standardization" entered into force in the Republic of Belarus. A new kind of document is introduced in the framework of the implementation of this law, i.e. the technical regulation in which mandatory requirements regarding the safety of products (and services) at all life cycle stages are established. The governmental standards pass into the category of the documents voluntary for use.
The governmental standards of the Republic of Belarus bear the abbreviation "STB". The standards bearing the abbreviation 'GOST' are also applied as governmental standards, which are used by Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification functioning within CIS. The level of harmonization of the governmental standards adopted in Belarus with the international ones reaches 80%.
BELST is the national body for standardization, metrology and conformity assessment and represents the Republic of Belarus in international and regional organizations in these scopes of activity.

Participation in the technical work