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Term
Description
NANDO
New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations Database.
National Deviation
Modification of, addition to or deletion from the content of an EN (and HD for CENELEC), made in a national standard within the same scope as the EN (and HD for CENELEC).
National Member
A national standards body within the EC or EFTA, or from a country likely to become a member of the EC or EFTA which has committed itself to complying with the rules set by the statutes of the association and whose written application for membership has been approved by the CEN General Assembly.
National Standard
Standard at is adopted by an NSO and made available to the public.
National Standardization
Standardisation that takes place at the level of one specific country.
National Standardisation Body
See list of National Standardisation Bodies
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBN
National Standardisation Body from Belgium: Bureau de Normalisation / Bureau voor Normalisatie
NEN
National Standardisation Body from The Netherlands: Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut
Network Externalities
Situation in which the functional profit that individual users have from their investments increases with the number of users.
New Approach
In 1985, the principles for a New Approach in the philosophy of regulations and standards in Europe in order to achieve the Single market for goods was set.
New Approach Directives
Directives which follows the principles of the New Approach.
New Legislative Framework
Modernisation of the New Approach for marketing of products.
New Work Item Proposal
(NP) Before any technical work may start on developing an International Standard, an NP for the work must be approved by JTC1 and the work allocated to the appropriate Sub-Committee. In order for the NP to be approved it must be supported by a majority of P-members, with at least five P-members of the relevant Sub-Committee committing themselves to active participation in the associated work.
NGO
Non Governmental Organisations
Non-disclosure Agreement
Agreement developed in a consortium to share knowledge in order to develop a common standard and/or technology and keep this knowledge confidential until the moment they agree to publish the standard and/or to introduce the technology in the market.
Non-public Standard
Standard accessible only to the parties involved in drafting it.
Norm
A Standard, a pattern or a model considered typical for a specific group.
NORMAPME
European Office of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium sized Enterprises for Standardisation.
Normative Document
Document that provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results.
Notification
Act whereby a Member State informs the Commission and the other Member States that a body, which fulfils the relevant requirements, has been designated to carry out conformity assessment according to a directive.
Notified Bodies
Semi-official or private technical orgnisation appointed by Member States, either for approval and monitoring of the manufacturers' quality assurance system or for direct product inspection.
NP
See New Work Item Proposal.
NSAI
National Standardisation Body from Ireland: National Standards Authority of Ireland
NSB
National Standardisation Body
NSO
National Standardization Organization. SDO recognized at the national level that is elegible to be the national member of the ISO and/or IEC and the regional FSO(s), if any. Also known as National Standardisation Body
NSSN
National Resource for Global Standards