What does BSI British Standards do?
It produces British Standards, and, as the UK’s National Standards Body, is also responsible for the UK publication, in English, of a range of international and European standards. These are called Adopted standards. Of these, BSI is obliged to adopt all European Standards and withdraw conflicting British Standards, but has the option of adopting international standards. In response to commercial demands, BSI British Standards also produces commissioned standards products such as Publicly Available Specifications, (PASs), Private Standards and Business Information Publications. These products are commissioned by individual organizations and trade associations to meet their needs for standardized specifications, guidelines, codes of practice etc. Because they are not subject to the same consultation and consensus requirements as formal standards the lead time is much shorter. The division also publishes standards-related books, CD-ROMs, subscription products and web-based solutions as w
