Maybe the questions to ask are: 1. When a standard is made available to the various national standards bodies, is there some guidance or agreement regarding the minimum or maximum retail cost?
2. Can a national body sell a standard just as low as they care? Could they even give it away? 3. Does a national body that regularly sells at very low cost incur some ill will from another national body which charges much higher? 4. Is the retail price even related to the cost to create that standard? I thought that the cost was supposed to contribute to the existence of the national body. Some countries may fund a national body very well, while another country makes the national body find its own funding. Thus, one national body may depend much more on publication income than a different national body. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Buying Standards In message < <mailto:1bf7078af9474580aba7871481523...@blupr01mb147.prod.exchangelabs.com> 1bf7078af9474580aba7871481523...@blupr01mb147.prod.exchangelabs.com>, dated Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Rick Busche < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> writes: >Can someone explain the disparity in the price of standards between the >Estonia (EVS) and those procured through other sources? When a >standard is written it seems to me that a cost is associated with the >development and intiial publication, in other words a copyright. As >such all starndards (regardless of source) should reflect similar prices. It's a question of how national standards bodies get their funding. BSI, for example, needs a substantial contribution from sales of standards, but it doesn't charge for committee membership. I don't know how Estonia Standards is financed, through taxes or committee membership fees or.... But I expect it does need foreign currency. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See <http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk> www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Quid faciamus nisi sit? John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: <http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html> http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at <http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/> http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: <http://www.ieee-pses.org/> http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: <http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html> http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Mike Cantwell < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> David Heald: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
