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  1. Although government funded, the institute is
  2. independent. The BSI interprets international
  3. technical standards for the UK, and also sets
  4. its own. For consumer goods, it sets
  5. standards which products should reach (the BS
  6. standard), as well as testing products to see
  7. that they conform to that standard (as a
  8. result of which the product may be given the
  9. BSI `kite' mark).
  10.