Standards organisations in Germany

DQS Holding GmbH based in Frankfurt am Main is the holding company of the worldwide DQS Group. The group provides assessments and certifications of management systems and processes of any type.

TÜVs (; short for '''''', ) are internationally active, independent service companies from Germany and Austria that test, inspect and certify technical systems, facilities and objects of all kinds in order to minimize hazards and prevent damages. The TÜV companies are organized into three large holding companies, TÜV Nord, TÜV Rheinland and TÜV SÜD (with TÜV Hessen), along with the smaller independent companies TÜV Thüringen, TÜV Saarland and TÜV Austria.

technical-scientific association based in Germany

national metrology institute of the German Federal Republic

GLOBALG.A.P. is a brand of farm assurance standards based on Good Agricultural Practice, owned by FoodPLUS GmbH. First created in the late 1990s by several European supermarket chains and their suppliers under the name EUREPGAP, standards were developed using the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) guidelines published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and is governed according to the ISO/IEC 17065 for product certification schemes.

German vehicular inspection and product certification services company

German material research institute