The most common definition for the region's boundaries includes Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara, the territory disputed between Morocco and the partially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Currently there are eight recognised African Union reconised RECs (AMU, CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC) with various standardisation infrastructures. ARSO is a relevant organisation in the area of harmonization of standards and Technical Regulations within the African continent and. The African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) has an important role in the promotion of industrialization in the Africa, expansion of intra-African trade and integration of the economies of African countries through the issuance of harmonized African standards. In most regions of the world. North Africa, also known as Northern Africa, is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. It has been regarded by some as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
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