About
L’Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) or in English « French Standardization Association » is a nonprofit organization (NPO) created in 1926. It’s a standards organization representing France at international standardization body (ISO and IEC) and european standardization body (CEN-CENELEC) levels.
Recognised as a public-interest organisation, Afnor had 1,576 members at 31st December 2024. It has several roles such as :
- to lead and coordinate the development of standards;
- to represent and defend interests in all standardisation bodies;
- to approve standards;
- to promote and facilitate the use of standards;
- to develop the certification of products and services under the NF mark.
Role in ACCELERATE
To connect the scientific and technological results of ACCELERATE with industrial implementation, standardisation, certification readiness and circularity. To create a standardization roadmap and help to initiate pre-normative work from the outcomes of the project
