Certification of products

¨ International S. is the standardization which is conducted at an international level, par­ticipation in which is opened for the proper organs of every country in the world. In particu­lar, in 1947 the international organization on standardization – ISO (Internatinal Standart Or­ganization, ISO) was founded. 25 countries were its paticipants. ISO today includes national organizations of 163 countries (including Ukraine).

ISO develops the standards in all the areas of human activity except the electrical engineering, electronics and communication which are included in jurisdiction of IEC- the International Elecrotechnical Commission.

There is a row of other international organizations on international standardization (IAEA - the International Agency on Atomic Energy, МАГАТЭ; IMCO – Int. Marine Consul­tive Org.,UNESCO – United Nations Educa­tional Scientific and Cultural Organization).

¨ Regional standardization is standardization which is conducted on a regional level, participation in which is opened for the proper organs of countries of certain economic or geo­graphical place.

¨ National standardization is standardization at the level of one country.

In Ukraine the State committee of Ukraine on standardization, metrology and certifica­tion organizes and co-ordinates the works on standardization - National Standard of Ukraine.

The national standards of Ukraine can be divided on the followings groups:

- State standards of Ukraine DSTU;

- Industry standards – OSTU;

- Standards of scientific and technical and engineerings associations and unions of Ukraine;

- Technical Terms of Ukraine;

- Sandarts. of enterprises.

3. The quality of some product (including technologacal processes, equipment, technologi­cal lines, products) is an aggregate of properties and descriptions of products which are aimed to satisfy certain needs of users in accordance with their setting.

Quality of products or some technical objects can be estimated by the quality indexes.