Hi Group, You may download "primer on Standards" in pdf format free from: http://www.cenelec.org/Cenelec/CENELEC+in+action/News+Centre/Primer+on+stand ards/Default.htm
Best regards Helge Knudsen Test & Approval Niros Telecommunication Hirsemarken 5 DK-3520 Farum Tel +45 44 34 22 51 Fax +45 44 99 28 08 email [email protected] Fra: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sendt: 18. november 2003 21:25 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Standards process I read in !emc-pstc that Ablewisp - Compliance Engineers <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected] m>) about 'Standards process' on Tue, 18 Nov 2003: >Can anyone >recommend a link or reference where I can learn more about the process >of producing IEC and EN standards? CENELEC has produced a CD, 'Primer on Standards', which will probably tell you more than you ever needed to know. Go to http://www.cenelec.org take a large patience pill and search for the CD title. You MAY be able to buy it on line. Briefly, much of the work is updating existing standards, but a new proposal for a standard has to be approved by the national (standards) committees of enough countries. They, and others, then send 'experts' >from industry (mostly), academia, test houses and sometimes regulatory organizations, to Working Groups (some have different titles). These groups prepare a draft of the new standard, which is sent to the national committees for comment. The comments are them considered and compromises, corrections and negotiations take place. This process may be repeated. Then, a final draft is circulated to the national committees for voting. If it passes, it is subject to a second voting process, and if that is passed, it is published. After a time period (3 to 12 years) specified when the standard is published, it may be withdrawn, amended or fully revised. Note that 'Brussels', the European Commission, 'Geneva' and IEC staff don't figure directly in the above processes. Most of the work is done by experts from industry, who do generally know what they are talking about, but often can't write it clearly enough, being engineers and not literary scholars. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
