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Documents used as a basis for CENELEC Standards is found in the publicationsand draft documents of this institution.In order to guarantee a smooth process with predefined premises, an arrangementwas set. The Dresden Agreement, approved by the IEC and CENELEC in September1996, is the result of the revision of the old Lugano Agreement ratified back in1991 by both organizations. The Dresden Agreement offers the possibility to beginstandardization at international level of an item that was primarily meant to bedealt with at European level. Please refer to Chapter 3 for more informationregarding this agreement.ISOEstablished in 1947, it is a non-governmental, worldwide federation of NationalStandardization Bodies. The approximately 140 members of the InternationalOrganization for Standardization each represent a single country and are “mostrepresentative of standardization in that country”. The mission of ISO is to promotethe development of standardization and related activities in the world with aview to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services. ISO is mostclosely related to CEN to which it is linked by an equivalent document to theabove-mentioned Dresden Agreement relating CENELEC to the IEC. In this case,the Vienna Agreement was signed by both organizations in 1991.ITUThe International Telecommunications Union was established in 1932 althoughit dates back to 1865 when 20 European countries already met in the firstInternational Telegraphic Convention. Membership includes189 countries and over600 sector players. Its role is to adopt recommendations with the purpose tostandardize telecommunications on a worldwide basis. ITU is most closely relatedto ETSI.12 CENELEC. <strong>Primer</strong> on Standards