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Export Standards

U.S. firms exporting to Italy must conform to EU standards and/or national Italian standards. In Italy, the national standards bodies are:
  • UNI-Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
    (The Italian National Bureau of Standards)
    via Battistotti Sassi 11b
    20133 Milan
    Tel.:+39 02 700241
    http://www.uni.com/it/
  • CEI-Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano
    via Saccardo 9
    20134 Milan
    Tel.:+39 02 210061
    http://www.ceiweb.it

To learn more about how standards can affect the entry of your goods in the Italian market, please read the "standards" section of chapter 5 of the Country Commercial Guide for Italy

Standards points of contact at the U.S. Mission to Italy:
Are you a U.S. exporter who would like to receive e-mail notifications of regulations proposed by foreign governments that might affect the exporting of your products?
  • If so, you can sign up for Notify U.S., a free, web-based subscription service designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    To learn more about this service, please visit the following website:
    http://www.nist.gov/notifyus

For further information on standards in the European Union and on the CE mark, please visit the following website: http://www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/standards.html