WESF plays a role in promoting standardization and eliminating global trade barriers.
Types of voluntary consensus standards include:
■ Product/design-based standards, which identify specific design or technical characteristics of a product.
■ Performance-based standards, which test products by simulating their performance under actual service conditions.
■ Management system standards, which define and establish an organization’s quality policy and objective.
■ Personnel certification standards, which specify the requirements to be fulfilled by a service provider.