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

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Overview  Prevent duplication of work in ISO and CEN;  Parallel voting in both organisations and mutual representation at meetings;  “ISO lead” by default since 2001.

▪ Existing misinterpretations of the Vienna Agreement  Under CEN lead, non-Europeans do not have the right to see or comment on anything until the DIS stage.  Non-Europeans cannot access the CEN standards development processes if there is no relevant ISO/TC /SC.

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07/11/2018

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