The National Body for Standards and Metrology (Ազգային ստանդարտացման և չափագիտության մարմին, ARMSTANDARD) is Armenia’s national institution for standardization and metrology under the Ministry of Economy. It was formed in 2019 by consolidating the National Institute of Standards and the National Institute of Metrology, with roots dating back to 1921.

ARMSTANDARD develops and adopts Armenian standards (AST), keeps the national standards fund (covering ISO, European EN, and GOST documents), delivers legal metrology services across electricity, gas, liquids, scales, pressure, time-frequency, radiation, and other fields, and runs a Training Center for skills in standardization, metrology, and conformity assessment. These functions protect consumers, support fair trade, and help Armenian products meet global market requirements.

Internationally, ARMSTANDARD represents Armenia as a full member of ISO and cooperates with the IEC, CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, the WTO, UNECE, ITU, and the Codex Alimentarius Commission. It also participates in regional and technical networks such as the Euro-Asian council EASC and the metrology cooperation COOMET, and maintains technical collaboration with partners including IAEA and Germany’s metrology institute PTB. “Bilateral cooperation includes numerous agreements and partnerships with regional and national standards organizations worldwide.” More information is available on the ARMSTANDARD site.