Standards neither come "from Brussels" nor are they made by a standardisation institute.

Austrian Standards Institute – the platform for standardisation in Austria – provides the infrastructure for the development of standards, organises standardisation work and supports the committees in finding consensus.

Among other things, the committee-managers care for:

• information and invitation of experts from all parties affected by a topic
  
  
• the formation of opinion about European and International standards-projects
  
  
• observing relevant Austrian legal provisions
  
  
• merging data with other Austrian associations
  
  
• maintaining the required procedures (terms and conditions)
  
  
• ensuring consensus-based decisions
  
  
• publication of documents (draft standards) for public enquiry
  
  
• Veröffentlichung der fertigen Dokumente

Standards are consensus-based rules documenting the state of the art. They are developed by experts of the affected and interested parties and are available to everybody.