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BSI Kitemark certification symbol British Standards are the standards produced by which is incorporated under a (and which is formally designated as the (NSB) for the UK). The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the Charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: (2) Set up standards of quality for goods and services, and prepare and promote the general adoption of British Standards and schedules in connection therewith and from time to time to revise, alter and amend such standards and schedules as experience and circumstances require. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • How British Standards are made [ ] The BSI Group as a whole does not produce British Standards, as standards work within the BSI is decentralized. The governing Board of BSI establishes a Standards Board.

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The Standards Board does little apart from setting up Sector Boards (a Sector in BSI parlance being a field of standardization such as ICT, Quality, Agriculture, Manufacturing, or Fire). Each Sector Board in turn constitutes several Technical Committees. It is the Technical Committees that, formally, approve a British Standard, which is then presented to the Secretary of the supervisory Sector Board for endorsement of the fact that the Technical Committee has indeed completed a task for which it was constituted. The standards [ ] The standards produced are titled British Standard XXXX[-P]:YYYY where XXXX is the number of the standard, P is the number of the part of the standard (where the standard is split into multiple parts) and YYYY is the year in which the standard came into effect. BSI Group currently has over 27,000 active standards.

Products are commonly specified as meeting a particular British Standard, and in general this can be done without any certification or independent testing. The standard simply provides a shorthand way of claiming that certain specifications are met, while encouraging manufacturers to adhere to a common method for such a specification. The can be used to indicate certification by BSI, but only where a scheme has been set up around a particular standard. It is mainly applicable to safety and quality management standards. There is a common misunderstanding that Kitemarks are necessary to prove compliance with any BS standard, but in general it is neither desirable nor possible that every standard be 'policed' in this way. Following the move on of the standard in Europe, some British Standards are gradually superseded or replaced by the relevant (EN). Status of standards [ ] Standards are continuously reviewed and developed and are periodically allocated one or more of the following status keywords.

• Confirmed - the standard has been reviewed and confirmed as being current. • Current - the document is the current, most recently published one available. • Draft for public comment/DPC - a national stage in the development of a standard, where wider consultation is sought within the UK.

• Obsolescent - indicating by amendment that the standard is not recommended for use for new equipment, but needs to be retained to provide for the servicing of equipment that is expected to have a long working life, or due to legislative issues. • Partially replaced - the standard has been partially replaced by one or more other standards. • Proposed for confirmation - the standard is being reviewed and it has been proposed that it is confirmed as the current standard. • Proposed for obsolescence - the standard is being reviewed and it has been proposed that it is made obsolescent.

• Proposed for withdrawal - the standard is being reviewed and it has been proposed that it is withdrawn. • Revised - the standard has been revised. • Superseded - the standard has been replaced by one or more other standards. • Under review - the standard is under review. • Withdrawn - the document is no longer current and has been withdrawn. • Work in hand - there is work being undertaken on the standard and there may be a related draft for public comment available. History [ ] BSI Group began in 1901 as the Engineering Standards Committee, led by, to standardise the number and type of sections, in order to make manufacturers more efficient and competitive.