IIW 2018 Thomas Lecture

S t a n d a r d i s a t i o n – A v a l u a b l e t o o l t o ( r e a l l y ) c l a r i f y g l o b a l e c o n o m i c e x c h a n g e s ( ? )

2 - The Vienna Agreement

▪ Does the Vienna agreement and cohabitation standards really clarify global economic exchanges?

 VA encourages development of international standards instead of regional ones.

 Cohabitation standards conflict somehow with the overall purpose of standardisation.  They should only be a provisional solution and not be seen as an acceptable « standard » way to produce standards.

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07/11/2018

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WELDING – IIW 2018 THOMAS LECTURE Jérôme DIETSCH, Standardisation officer, Institut de Soudure, France