AFNOR is a non profit association under French law and a national member of the three officially recognized European standardization organizations (European Committee for Standardization, CEN; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, CENELEC; European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI), as well as international standards organizations (International Organization for Standardization, ISO; International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC; International Telecommunication Union, ITU). AFNOR is the second largest National Standards Body at the European level and the third at the international level. It aims to lead and coordinate the standards development process and to promote the application of standards. Additional information on AFNOR is provided in: