About us
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