Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC)

The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC) is an intergovernmental body, one of the 17 affiliated institutions of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, working on standardisation and metrology and on removing technical barriers concerning standards for materials and products, with 37 member states and two observers. ¹

COMCEC proposed it in 1984, a Standardization Experts Group was created in 1985, its statute was submitted in 1998, came into force on ratification by ten states in May 2010, and was signed by the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in August 2010. ¹

In 2017 it created a Standardization Management Council, a Metrology Council and an Accreditation Council. ¹ Its organs are the General Assembly, a 13-member Board of Directors, the three councils, a Standing Advisory Committee and a General Secretariat. ¹

• Wikipedia, "Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries", revision 1383346047. ¹