1. Preparing, publishing, revising & issuing decisions to apply the approved standards.
2. Establishing a national measurement system and supervise its implementation.
3. Developing and unifying the means and methods of measurement, calibration.
4. Adopting the international, regional, gulf and national standards as national standards.
5. Determining the standards and expiry dates of commodities and products that should labeled on commodities and products.
6. Accrediting testing & calibration laboratories available at the federal & local government authorities, private sectors specialized in conducting tests and analysis for commodities.
7. Approving quality certificates as well as conformity certificates for the approved national standard and emblems besides regulating the issuance of such certificate.
8. Issuing, distributing and selling the publications related to approved national standards.
9. Conclude agreements with other organizations and authorities in respect to mutual recognition of emblems, quality certificates and conformity certificates in accordance with the regulations issued by the Board.
10. Representing the UAE in conferences, organizations, authorities, committees.