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The Standardisation office for wood and furniture. : BNBA (Bureau de normalisation du bois et de l'ameublement
BNBA, incorporated to CTBA, organises and coordinates standardisation work for wood, wood based products and furniture. BNBA is present in all French, European (CEN) and international (ISO) standardisation meetings having to do with wood and furniture, in order to ensure a strong position for wood products.
Bureau de normalisation du bois et de l'ameublement
10, avenue de Saint-Mandé
75012 Paris
Tél. : 01 40 19 48 96
Fax : 01 44 74 65 22
www.ctba.fr
E-mail : bnba@ctba.fr |
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Some figures
 In 2002, 32 standards of which 26 European texts were published. These figures are nearly the same that the average of the last 10 years. The European documents that remain to be published are the most difficult to set up. The ISO standards are not taken into account, but the increasing ISO international activity, after years of stagnation, associated with globalisation, leads us to maintain and intensify our participation in this field. BNBA dedicated a significant proportion of its European standards activity to wood (2/3) and furniture (1/3). Otherwise BNBA is more and more concerned with standardisation watch which has represented about 10 % of the whole standardised activity in 2002.
In 2002, standardisation represented nearly 13 500 working hours and 238 meetings which are divided as follows:
- 63 days of European sessions,
- 24 days of international sessions,
- 107 days of French sessions.
These figures show a high level of activity, which does not shift in the course of years.
BNBA managed 41 active committees (national, European and ISO) which gather nearly 1275 experts. |
