| Native Name: | Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τυποποίησης |
| Native Name Lang: | el |
| Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation | |
| Type: | Non-profit organisation operating under the government of Cyprus |
| Formation: | 2005 |
| Headquarters: | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Services: | Production of standards and standards-related services |
| Staff: | 19 (2022) |
| Subsidiaries: | Cyprus Certification Company |
| Website: | www.cys.org.cy |
| Board of Directors | |
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| CYS Board of Directors | |
| Label1: | President |
| Data1: | George Papanastasiou (OEB) |
| Label2: | Members |
| Label3: | Secretary |
| Data3: | CYS General Manager |
The Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation, or CYS (el|Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τυποποίησης||translit=Kypriakós Organismós Typopoíisis), is the national standardisation body of Cyprus, whose principal activity is the production of standards and the supply of standards-related services.
Since January 2005 it is autonomous from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, and operates under The 2002 Law for Standardisation, Accreditation and Technical Regulation.
The sole shareholder of CYS is the Minister of Finance who appoints, for a three-year term, its seven-member board of directors representing the major national stakeholders for quality issues: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism, Employers Federation, Chamber of Commerce, Technical Chamber, Consumers Association and Academia.
CYS is a full member of European standards organisations (ESO's – CEN,[1] CENELEC,[2] ETSI[3]) as well as broader standards organisations ISO[4] and IEC.
Through its active participation in European and broader standardisation, CYS promotes Cypriot national interests through issuing and application of standards.[5]
Archaeological evidence indicates the use of standards in Cyprus began in ancient times. Copper oxhide ingots (ingots of copper in the shape of a cow hide) were seen in Cyprus between the 16th and 12th centuries BC. During this period Cypriot copper manufacturers designed a standard shape for the copper ingots to facilitate handling, transport and storage. In addition, most of the ingots had a standard weight of . Furthermore, Cypriot producers introduced a marking system using Cypro-Minoan script to indicate that the ingots were made from Cypriot mines that followed standard procedures of production and quality control.[6]
Standards started being used nationally in the field of public works (road and building construction) at the beginning of the 20th century with the implementation of British standards during colonial administration and continued after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960.
Standardisation was made more systematic in the mid-1970s with legislation (N.68/75) establishing the Cyprus Organisation for Standards and Control of Quality.
In 2002, through the Standardisation, Accreditation and Technical Information Law (N.156(I)/2002), the activities of standardisation have been allocated to the Cyprus Certification Company, which is now known as the Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (CYS).
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| Examples of National Standards | |
| Label1: | CYS 94:Part:1985 |
| Data1: | Specification for fresh halloumi |
| Label2: | CYS 92:1989 |
| Data2: | Specification for fresh milk |
| Label3: | CYS 301:2009 |
| Data3: | Operation and Management of Leisure Kart Facilities:Safety |
| Label4: | CYS 106:2012 |
| Data4: | Specification for Low density polyethylene (LDPE) pipes for agricultural applications |
| Label5: | CYS EN ISO 9001:2015 |
| Data5: | Quality management systemsRequirements[7] |
| [Http://Www.Iso.Org/Iso/Catalogue Detail?Csnumber: | 62085 ISO 9001] |
| Label6: | CYS EN ISO 14001:2015 |
| Data6: | Environmental management systemsRequirements with guidance for use[8] |
CYS, as a full member of CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, has the obligation to adopt all European Norms (ENs) issued. Furthermore, in case an ISO or other national standard (e.g. BS, DIN etc.) is proven necessary for the national market CYS has the authority to adopt the standard as national, in collaboration with the issuing standardisation body.
In general, the name of a CYS standard shows its origin:[9]
There are only 31 valid purely national standards, as the majority were withdrawn due to the existence of equivalent or superseding European standards.
In order to facilitate the dissemination and application of European standards, CYS has divided standardisation into 15 business sectors, each of which includes several sub-categories.
CYS sets up technical committees for the creation of national standards.
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture, Food and Feed |
| 02 | Chemicals, Metals and Plastics |
| 03 | Construction and Buildings |
| 04 | Electrotechnical |
| 05 | Energy |
| 06 | Environment |
| 07 | Healthcare |
| 08 | Information Communication Technologies |
| 09 | Management, Quality and Conformity Assessment |
| 10 | Mechanical and Machines |
| 11 | Occupational and Consumers Health & Safety |
| 12 | Physical Security and Fire Safety |
| 13 | Services |
| 14 | Sustainability |
| 15 | Transport and Packaging |
| Designation | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| CYS/TC 1 | Building lime | |
| CYS/TC 2 | Aggregates | |
| CYS/TC 4 | Bricks | |
| CYS/TC 5 | Natural stones | |
| CYS/TC 6 | Concrete | |
| CYS/TC 8 | Plastics piping systems | |
| CYS/TC 13 | Solar thermal systems | |
| CYS/TC 14 | Precast concrete products | |
| CYS/TC 15 | Concrete reinforcement steel | |
| CYS/TC 16 | Playground, waterparks and go-karts safety | |
| CYS/TC 17 | Asphalt concrete | |
| CYS/TC 18 | Eurocodes | |
| CYS/TC 20 | Doors and windows | |
| CYS/TC 21 | Cyprus Lefkara embroideryLefkaritiko | |
| CYS/TC 22 | Hydrocarbons | |
| CYS/TC 23 | Translation and adoption of the BS 7671 | |
| CYS/TC 24 | Gender equality in the workplace | |
| CYS/TC 25 | Fythkiotiko yfanto | |
| CYS/TC 26 | Circular plastic products | |
| CYS/TC 27 | Climate neutralitycarbon sequestration from tree planting | |
| CYS/TC 28 | Mountaineering and hiking trails |
To facilitate the operation of the committees, CYS has been working with ISO to provide an electronic platform, Livelink, where members can exchange information and manage the respective committees at minimum effort and cost.
The CYS centre for information and customer service provides full access to all international, European, and national standards and is open to the public in order to provide all relevant information.
It offers the possibility of reading, studying and purchasing standards. Furthermore, it provides free access to users in international databases of standards like Perinorm.
CYS makes available for salein hardcopy and electronic formall the standards of many organisations: the global ISO and IEC, the European CEN and CENELEC, and the national BSI, Greek, Modern (1453-);: [[:el:Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τυποποίησης|ΕΛΟΤ]], CYS, and DIN.