Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.
Last Published: 8/6/2019

Overview

Cambodia adopted the Law on Standards of Cambodia in 2007 to improve the quality of products, services, and management; raise and rationalize production efficiency; ensure fair and simplified trade; rationalize product use; and enhance consumer protection and public welfare.  Several government bodies and agencies share oversight and control over these standards.
 

Standards

The Institute of Standards of Cambodia (ISC) was officially established in 2008.  ISC drafts laws and regulations, conducts production surveillance, provides supervision and technical support, provides training and consultancy to help companies register and certify their products, disseminates technical regulations, and develops national standards for products and management.  The ISC does not have a technical team to develop standards for laboratory analysis techniques. Generally, Cambodia uses the ISO/IEC guide 21-1 and 2:2005 as guides for adopting international standards as national standards or technical regulations.  The Ministry of Health is charged with prescribing standards, quality control, distribution, and labeling requirements for pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and cosmetics.  The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for agricultural products. The National Standards Council (NSC), established in 2009, leads coordination in the development of national standards; advises the ISC on the criteria and procedures pertinent to the preparation, approval, acceptance and selection of the standards; and considers and approves proposals for Cambodian standards prepared and recommended by ISC to develop, adopt, review, revise, or cancel Cambodian standards.  The NSC is chaired by the Minister of Industry and Handicraft, with representatives from relevant technical line ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the Ministry of Health; and the Ministry of Commerce.  Overall, the NSC is the national secretariat, which oversees, regulates, verifies, and adopts or certifies standards proposed by each technical ministry.  The mandate of the NSC is to ensure quality and standard conformity with national and international standards.

Institute of Standards of Cambodia  (Ministry of Industry and Handicraft)

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