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DEF/1 - Defence standardization

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: | Standardization. General rules | | Military engineering. Military affairs. Weapons | Explosives. Pyrotechnics and fireworks

Overview: To provide UK input to the CEN/CENELEC joint Defence Standardization Stakeholder Forum. Improve the cooperation and collaboration of civil and defence standardization bodies in the UK to identify new BSI/DSTAN initiatives and new areas of standardization

Committee standards activity

In Progress (1)
Reference Standards description
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS 202000 Standardization management system — Specification

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-12-24 		Drafting
Published (3)
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS EN 16701:2014 Energetic materials for defence. Safety, vulnerability. Friability

Categories: Explosives. Pyrotechnics and fireworks

Published standard begins : 2014-05-20 		Published standard
BS EN 16341:2012 Selection of standards and standard-like documents for defence products and services. Order of preference

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Published standard begins : 2013-01-25 		Published standard
BS 202000:2020 Standardization management system. Specification

Categories: Standardization. General rules |

Published standard begins : 2020-06-26 		Published standard
Withdrawn (0)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.