INTEGRATION OF CIS COUNTRIES' NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION SYSTEM INTO ISO STANDARDS

The national standardization system of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been undergoing the significant reforms to meet the requirements of accession to the World Trade Organization and the process of integration into the European Union. In accordance with these reforms, existing national regulations are being replaced by strict international standarts. In this process, it is necessary to bring the private sector in line with the new principles of standardization system, which is not easy and requires large investments. One of the most important elements of the adaptation of the national standardization system with international standards should be especially the development of the private sector to new system requirements. Thus, that will require billions investment from the private sector for the transition to the new system to be able to apply the new national standards based on international standards. To do this, it needs to think in advance about the necessary investments and preferential loan programs. In addition to this, the new system requires from the private sector the establishment of closer cooperation and development of standards, based especially on the needs of the private sector itself This in turn makes inevitable by private sector to take a more active role in this process, so in order to take that role by the private sector it should be properly informed and the mechanism for participation should be formed. In the paper the authors analyses the changes applied to the existing national system of sdandartization, as well as aspects related to such a reform.