BSN may lose membership in ISO

JAKARTA (JP): The International Standardization Organization (BSN) and the International Electro Technical Commission have threatened to suspend the membership of the National Standardization Agency (BSN) for not paying its membership fees.

BSN chairman Herudi Kartowisastro said the two agencies had warned BSN to pay its membership fees immediately or face suspension.

"BSN has yet to pay its ISO membership fee since last year, while it hasn't paid its dues to the International Electro Technical Commission since 1999," Herudi was quoted as saying by Bisnis Indonesia.

He said that the unpaid membership fees to the two agencies reached a total of Rp 1.14 billion.

According to him, the fees should be paid by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it had delayed payment due to cuts in the ministry's budget. (03)