National Standardization Body – ASRO – is a Romanian legal person of private law, a public interest, non-profit, non-governmental and apolitical association which operates in compliance with Law 163/2015 regarding national standardization and Government Ordinance 26/2000 on associations and foundations.

What we do:

• We establish the national standardization principles and methodology.
• We develop and approve national standards and participate in the European and international standardization work.
• We manage the collection of standards and publications in the field of national and international standardization.
• We provide public information in the field of national standardization.
• We edit, publish and disseminate standards and standardization publications.
• We represent ISO and IEC in Romania and defend copyrights on the international standards adopted.
• We offer products and services to standards users in order to meet their specific needs.
• We promote copyright compliance on the European standards adopted.   
• ASRO grants national compliance marks such as RS (compliance with Romanian product standards) and RS-S (compliance with Romanian safety standards) upon request.

At European level, standardization is regulated by Regulation 1025_2012

ASRO is a full member of:

• CEN  – European Committee for Standardization (01.01.2006)
• CENELEC – European Committee for Electrotehnical Standardization (01.02.2006)
• ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute (2005) at NSO Cathegory – National Standardization Body

And internationally at:

• ISO – International Standardization Organization (1950)
• IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission (1920)

ASRO is represented in:

The general meetings of CEN and CENELEC – by President Gheorghe Ţucu and CEO Iuliana Chilea

Leading structures of European standardization activity: CEN and CENELEC Technical board – Iuliana Chilea CEO