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IFAN - International Federation of Standards Users

Identification
Name
International Federation of Standards Users
Acronym
IFAN
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Homepage
http://www.IFAN.org/
General
Foundation
1974 by eleven national standards organizations in Paris
Organisation
Independent, non profit-making international association of national organizations
Objectives
The objectives of IFAN, inter alia, include:

To promote uniform implementation of standards without deviation and develop solutions to standards users’ problems without itself drawing up standards;
To consolidate standards users’ interests and views on all aspects of standardization and conformity assessment, and to cooperate with international and regional standardizing bodies (e.g. ISO, IEC, ITU, CEN, CENELEC, COPANT, etc.) in order to communicate user views to these organizations;
To promote networking in the field of international standardization and conformity assessment.

Related Terms
See also

Standard
Conformity Assessment
International Standards

Identification
Name	International Federation of Standards Users
Acronym	IFAN
Logo
Homepage	http://www.IFAN.org/
General
Foundation	1974 by eleven national standards organizations in Paris
Organisation	Independent, non profit-making international association of national organizations
Objectives	The objectives of IFAN, inter alia, include: To promote uniform implementation of standards without deviation and develop solutions to standards users’ problems without itself drawing up standards; To consolidate standards users’ interests and views on all aspects of standardization and conformity assessment, and to cooperate with international and regional standardizing bodies (e.g. ISO, IEC, ITU, CEN, CENELEC, COPANT, etc.) in order to communicate user views to these organizations; To promote networking in the field of international standardization and conformity assessment.
Related Terms
See also	Standard Conformity Assessment International Standards