| AANZFTA |
ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement |
| AC |
Administrative Circular |
| AMD |
Amendment |
| APCF |
Asia Pacific Cooperation Forum (IEC) |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Community |
| APEC SCSC |
Asia Pacific Economic Community, Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance |
| APLAC |
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| APLMF |
Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum |
| APMP |
Asia Pacific Metrology Programme |
| APRC |
Asia Pacific Regional Centre (IEC) |
| AS |
Australian Standard |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU NC |
Australian National Committee of the IEC |
| AWI |
Approved Work Item |
| CA |
Conformity Assessment |
| CAB |
Conformity Assessment Board (IEC) |
| CAG |
Chairs Advisory Group |
| CB |
Council Board (IEC) |
| CD |
Committee Draft |
| CDV |
Committee Draft for Vote |
| CEN |
European Committee for Standardisation |
| CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation |
| CER |
Closer Economic Relations (NZ) |
| CIB |
Committee Internal Balloting |
| COPANT |
Pan-American Standards Commission |
| COPOLCO |
ISO Committee on Consumer Policy |
| CPAG |
Commercial Policy Advisory Group |
| DEVCO |
ISO Committee on Developing Country Matters |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIS |
Draft International Standard |
| DISER |
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources |
| DMT |
Directives Maintenance Team |
| EN |
European Standards |
| EU |
European Union |
| FDIS |
Final Draft International Standard |
| GA |
ISO General Assembly |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| IA-CEPA |
Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
| IDT |
Identical Adoption |
| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEC CO |
IEC Central Office |
| IECEE |
IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrotechnical Equipment and Components |
| IECEx |
IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres |
| IECQ |
IEC Quality Assessment for Electrical Components |
| IECRE |
IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Renewable Energy Applications |
| IPC |
International Participation Case |
| IRG |
International Review Group |
| IS |
International Standards |
| ISO |
International Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISO CS |
ISO Central Secretariat |
| ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
| IWA |
International Workshop Agreement |
| JTC 1 |
ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 – Information Technology |
| JWG |
Joint Working Group |
| MOD |
Modified Adoption |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| MSB |
IEC Market Strategy Board |
| MT |
Maintenance Team |
| NCC |
National Construction Code |
| NEQ |
Not Equivalent |
| NFTA |
New Field of Technical Activity |
| NMC |
National Mirror Committee |
| NP |
New Proposal |
| NSB |
National Standards Body |
| NWIP |
New Work Item Proposal |
| O-Member |
Observer Member |
| PAS |
Publically Available Specifications |
| PASC |
Pacific Area Standards Congress |
| PC |
Project Committee |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| P-Member |
Participating Member |
| PMG |
Production Management Group |
| PNW |
New Work Item Proposal |
| PSB |
Partner Standardisation Body |
| PWI |
Preliminary Work Item |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
| RoV |
Report of Voting |
| RUL |
Ruling |
| SA |
Standards Australia |
| SAG |
Sales Advisory Group |
| SBP |
Strategic Business Plan |
| SC |
Subcommittee |
| SDAC |
Standards Development and Accreditation Committee |
| SDO |
Standards Development Organisation |
| SG |
Standardisation Guide |
| SISO |
Support for Industry Service Organisations Program |
| SMB |
IEC Standardisation Management Board |
| SME |
Small to Medium Enterprises OR Subject Matter Expert |
| SyC |
Systems Committee |
| TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
| TC |
Technical Committee |
| TMB |
ISO Technical Management Board |
| ToR |
Terms of Reference |
| TR |
Technical Report |
| TS |
Technical Specification |
| WD |
Working Draft |
| WG |
Working Group |
| WPUB |
Withdrawn Publication |
| WSC |
World Standards Council |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |