For those who are unaware, the European Commission has launched a consultation on European standardisation. You can see more details of the consultation at:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies european-standards/public-consultation/index_en.htm One could easily lose the will to live while wading through the acres of waft which this sort of consultation generates, and if you want to see what I mean, BSi's response is available on line at: http://feedback.bsigroup.com/Home/Details/497 (Registration required to access) BSI's response to question 13 about the costs of standards is a particularly prize example of self-serving nonsense. I've taken the bold (and probably futile, but life's too short to play the games of these career bureaucrats) step of ignoring the main part of the consultation and just using the reply e-mail address on the Commission's site to send a short message making what I think are two key points (I'm not going to repeat them here because I don't particularly want to open a debate about them on this forum, but they concern cost and transparency.) I suppose there is only a small chance that anyone will take the comments seriously, but sending them has made me feel better! I'd encourage anyone else who feels strongly on this topic to at least send some sort of response to the Commission, no matter how brief. The consultation closes on 21 May. Nick. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
