The Committee for Standardization was created on 15 September 1925, date at which the development of standards for the country started. The state standards (GOST) were compulsory documents for all enterprises and organizations regardless of their rank within various branches of industry until 1992.
Nowadays the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R) is the Federal Executive Body, implementing inter-industry coordination and functional regulating in the fields of standardization, metrology and conformity assessment. The Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology (GOST R) holds the function of National Standards Body in the Russian Federation and represents Russia in international (and regional) organizations for standardization.
