...services means land transportation services and telecommunication services; standard means a document, approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products, or related processes and production methods, or for services or related operating methods...

...services means land transportation services and telecommunications services; standard means a document, approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for goods or related processes and production methods, or for services or related operating methods, with...

...specification referred to in paragraph (A) or (B).] (13) STANDARD. — The term "standard" means a document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. Such...

...Guide 2 is not self-contained, but based on the so-called "building block" system. 2. Standard Document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. It may...

...against deceptive practices. In the new TBT agreement, the term "standard" is defined as: "[A] document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory [emphasis...

...practice or procedure. [Compilation of ASTM Standard Definitions, 7th Edition (1990)] Standard — document, established by consensus and approved by...results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree or order in a given context. [ISO Guide 2:1986 (E/F/R)] Standard Addition — a method in which small...

...means the United States Trade Representative. (13) Standard.—The term "standard" means a document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. Such...

...a standard is that its compliance is voluntary. The TBT Agreement defines a standard as a "document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. It may...

...methods... with which compliance is mandatory" and a standard as a "document approved by a recognised body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules guidelines or characteristics for products or related process and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory." 45 The...

...Guide 2 is not self-contained, but based on the socalled "building block" system. 2. Standard Document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for...repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. It may...