India, UAE to share expertise in standardisation

India and the UAE have signed an agreement to cooperate and share expertise in the field of standardisation, conformity assessment and training.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) at 11th session of the India-UAE Joint Commission for Economic and Technical Co-operation held here recently.
"While the objective of signing the agreement is exchange of scientific and technical information in various areas of interest, it is anticipated that the agreement would help develop a better understanding towards each others' systems of conformity assessment and testing procedures," BIS said in a statement.

It will also help both countries in reaching a desired level of confidence to enter into bilateral cooperation arrangement for utilising each other's inspection services and allowing mutual recognition of test reports, it said.
The objectives of the MoU are to facilitate closer cooperation and provide a mechanism by which both countries can work together towards mutual benefit in the field of standardisation, conformity assessment and training and facilitate sharing of expertise and mutual trade.
The MoU will allow exchange of scientific and technical information related to rules and procedures for standards formulation, product certification and the management of conformity assessment, it added.

BIS is the national standards body engaged in development of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods.