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Technical Board resolutions taken in 2004 

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Resolution BT 11/2004   : Electronic transmission of drafts, final drafts and final texts to CMC
Resolution BT 16/2004   : Product standards and conformity assessment
Resolution BT 19/2004   : Representativeness in CEN drafting bodies
Resolution BT 20/2004   : Adoption of new work (including feasibility study)
Resolution BT 55/2004   : Wording and content of Annex Z for Amendments to Harmonised European
                                         Standards supporting EU Directives
Resolution BT 57/2004   : Adoption of Guide 'Child safety - Guidance for its inclusion in standards'
Resolution BT 58/2004   : CEN/CLC Guide 6 - Mechanism
Resolution BT 68/2004   : Assignment of tasks between TC and WG - Matrix
Resolution BT 20/2004   : Adoption of new work (including feasibility study)
Resolution BT 37/2004   : Negative Formal Votes/UAP - Procedure
Resolution BT 39/2004   : Work items stuck just before FV/UAP - Procedure
Resolution BT C 4/2004  : BOSS Maintenance and BOSS Management Team
Resolution BT C 57/2004: BOSS review - Feedback procedure
Resolution BT C 77/2004: Adoption of Guide - Product information relevant to consumers - Guidelines for standard developers. (BT/WG 124 'Product Information')


   
RESOLUTION BT 11/2004   Go to top

Subject: Electronic transmission of drafts, final drafts and final texts to CMC

BT decides that as from the 2004-07-01, all drafts, final drafts and final texts should be transmitted to CMC for further processing, using exclusively the Livelink platform e-Trans.

Any drafts, final drafts or final texts delivered by other means after 2004-07-01 will be rejected by CMC. The TC secretary and BT member responsible will be informed.

BT asks CMC to inform all CEN/TC's and ECISS/TCs of this decision.

This resolution is applicable as from: 2004-05-14

RESOLUTION 16/2004  Go to top

Subject: Product standards and conformity assessment

Referring to Resolution BT 68/2000, BT confirms the document 'Product standards
and conformity assessment – Guideline' as included in BT N 7106.

This resolution is applicable as from: 2004-05-14

RESOLUTION BT 19/2004  Go to top

Subject: Representativeness in CEN drafting bodies

Having noted document BT N 7112 relating to concerns expressed as far as
representativeness in CEN drafting bodies is concerned, BT agrees

  • that the CEN List of Participants, which each participant in every technical
    body meeting is required to sign, be modified to include also the participants'
    national affiliation, appointing body, employer and sponsor (if the employer is
    not the sponsor);
  • that a right to call for a review of WG membership is introduced. This right is
    to be limited to members of the parent TC and the CEN Members;
  • that the process for the nomination of experts to WGs be reviewed.

BT asks CMC to issue related BOSS guidance through BT/WG 153, taking account
of comments made by the members, in particular AFNOR, BSI and NORMAPME.

This resolution is applicable as from: 2004-05-14


RESOLUTION BT 20/2004  Go to top

Subject: Adoption of new work (including feasibility study)

BT,

  • considering the agreement to find a mechanism to improve the discipline in
    the adoption of new work by technical committees;
  • noting that this has been the subject of much discussion and deliberation in
    the past;
  • noting the work done in particular by BT/CAG 131 and the proposals made to
    CEN/BT in November 2003 (BT N 6982 and BT N 6983);

 decides,

  • to adopt the procedure in document BT N 7113, including BT N 6982 and BT
    N 6983;
  • to create a small BT Working Group (BT/WG 170) to consider the possible
    further development of the procedure;

notes that AFNOR, BSI, DIN, NSF, UNI, NORMAPME and CMC, under the
Convenorship of DIN, will participate in the group.

This resolution is applicable as from: 2004-05-14

RESOLUTION BT 37/2004   Go to top

Subject: Negative Formal Votes/UAP - Procedure

BT/TCMG, on behalf of BT, decides that the following process will be implemented on 2004-10-01 in order to ensure a timely progress after a negative Formal Vote or UAP:

  • CMC identifies each month the projects for which negative results of a Formal Vote or UAP have been made available more than 3 months before and for which a revised draft is not yet available for submission to an adoption procedure;
  • CMC reminds the Secretary of the responsible Technical Committee (with copy to the corresponding BT Member) that a revised draft must be sent to CMC within 6 months from availability of the negative results of the Formal Vote or UAP and that any work item for which that does not happen shall be deleted;
  • If no revised draft is received in time, the work item is deleted and CMC confirms the deletion to the Secretary of the responsible Technical Committee (with copy to the corresponding BT Member).

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-09-07


RESOLUTION BT 39/2004    Go to top

Subject: Work items stuck just before FV/UAP - Procedure

BT/TCMG, on behalf of BT, decides that the following process will be implemented on 2004-10-01 in order to ensure a timely progress of work items stuck just before Formal Vote or UAP:

  • CMC identifies each month the projects for which a draft has been sent to CMC for submission to Formal Vote or UAP more than 6 months before and for which the Formal Vote or UAP has not yet been launched because of an insufficient level of quality or a negative assessment by a CEN Consultant;
  • CMC reminds the Secretary of the responsible Technical Committee (with copy to the corresponding BT Member) that a revised draft must be sent to CMC within 3 months and that any work item or which that does not happen shall be deleted;

  • If no revised draft is received in time, the work item is deleted and CMC confirms the deletion to the Secretary of the responsible Technical Committee (with copy to the corresponding BT Member).

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-09-07

RESOLUTION BT 55/2004  Go to top

Subject: Wording and content of Annex Z for Amendments to Harmonised European Standards supporting EU Directives

BT considering BT N 7252 Annex 2

* concurs that

For amendments to Harmonised European Standards (to be published as separate document) a modified Annex Z is required in cases where the range of Essential Requirements of the respective Directive covered by the original standard are changed by the amendment;

In such cases, the modification(s) resulting from the amendment with regard to the range of Essential Requirements covered by the original standard have to be stated clearly.

The wording and content of the Annex Z should consider whether the amendment will be published as a separate document or as a consolidated document (original standard plus integrated amendment(s)).

* asks CMC to amend the BOSS accordingly.

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-11-18

RESOLUTION BT 57/2004  Go to top

Subject: Adoption of Guide 'Child safety - Guidance for its inclusion in standards'

BT/TCMG, on behalf of BT,

  • adopts the document in annex to BT N 7175 without annexes A, B and C (on Child
    development and behaviour) as CEN Guide "Child Safety – Guidance for its inclusion
    in standards";
  • asks BT/WG 117 "Child Safety" to work on Annexes A, B and C, taking into account
    inputs including the "skeleton" annex developed by AFNOR;
  • asks BT/WG 117 to prepare revised annex(s) and report to the 25th meeting of
    BT/TCMG.

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-12-14

RESOLUTION BT 58/2004  Go to top

Subject: CEN/CLC Guide 6 - Mechanism

BT/TCMG,  on  behalf  of  BT,  following the common proposal of BT/WG 113 'Safety and usability of products by people with special needs', BT/WG 117 'Child safety', BT/WG 124 'Product information', and CENELEC/BT/TF 101-5 'Usability and safety of electrical products with reference to people with special needs' and taking into account:

  • that BT already adopted Mandate M/283 to the European Standardization Bodies for a
    guidance document in the field of safety and usability of products by people with special
    needs (e.g. elderly and disabled);
  • the outcome and recommendations of the CEN/CENELEC/ETSI conference 'Accessibility for all' on 27/28 March 2003 in Nice;
  • the Commission's workshop of 14 October 2003 to address the needs of persons with
    special needs; 
  • the action proposal of BT/WG 157 'Accessibility for all' and BT/WG 113 'Safety and
    usability of products by people with special needs' to establish a mechanism to ensure
    that the CEN/CENELEC Guide 6 is effectively taken into account;
  • the  satisfaction of the Commissioner Liikanen with the work already achieved in the
    field;
  • the comments on draft resolution BT C 80/2004; 

decides, in order to implement the use of the CEN/CENELEC Guide 6  "Guidelines for
standards developers to add  the needs of older persons and persons with disabilities", 

  • to adopt  the mechanism as given in annex to BT N 7272, taking into account the DIN
    comments made at the meeting;
  • to include a reference to the CEN/CENELEC Guide 6 in paragraph A.15 'Safety' of the
    CEN/CENELEC Internal rules part 3, subject to CENELEC/CS agreement;
  • to ask CMC to initiate a review of the mechanism before the end of 2006. 

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-12-14

 

RESOLUTION BT 68/2004  Go to top

Subject:   Assignment of tasks between Technical Committee and Working Group - Matrix

BT/TCMG, on behalf of BT, approves the Checklist as given in Annex 2 to BT N7293 for inclusion in CEN BOSS. A reference to the Checklist should be made within the BOSS documents "Profile - Technical Committee Secretary", "Profile – Working Group Convenor", "Profile - Working Group" and as well as in any respective BOSS document that deals with the responsibility of the TC secretary, the convenor, the WG´s professional standardization support or the work within a working group in general.

This Resolution is applicable as from: 2004-12-14

RESOLUTION BT C4/2004  Go to top

Subject: BOSS Maintenance and BOSS Management Team

BT approves the BOSS Maintenance Procedure (annex 1 to BT N 7006) and the
profile of the BOSS Management Team (annex 2 to BT N 7006) and requests BT/WG
153 'BOSS review' to issue both documents in the frame of the BOSS review project.

This resolution is applicable as from: 2004-02-25

RESOLUTION BT C57/2004  Go to top

Subject: BOSS review - Feedback procedure

CEN/BT, having considered the proposed process "Feedback procedure", intended to be made available in the BOSS, approves the description as given in annex to BT N 7088, taking comments received into account.

This resolution is applicable as from : 2004-08-02

RESOLUTION BT C 77/2004  Go to top

Subject: Adoption of Guide - Product information relevant to consumers - Guidelines for standard developers (BT/WG 124 'Product Information')

BT,

  • Following the failed BT C 74/2003 and the subsequent new BT/WG 124 meeting of 2004-05-03,
  • In support of mandate M/292 on 'Safety of consumers and children - Product information' 

agrees to adopt the document in annex to BT N 7174 as CEN Guide 'Product information relevant to consumers -Guidelines for standard developers'

BT notes that, subject to adoption of the Guide by CENELEC, a common CEN/CENELEC publication of the Guide might be envisaged.

This resolution is applicable as from : 2004-09-30

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