News from IEC CO Christophe Boyer Technical Officer

News from IEC CO Christophe Boyer Technical Officer TC 61 plenary meeting 2019 -10 -21 Shanghai, China

IEC in Figures (2019) 86 Members >10 000 Publications in catalogue 87 Affiliates 661 publications in 2018 207 Committees 2000 active projects >1500 Working Groups 20 000 Experts

International Standards Development Process TC/SC P-members O-members IS Process NCs 1. Preliminary Stage (PWI) NC interest ? WG / PT Working Group stage (draft documents) TC stage (comments) 2. Proposal Stage (NP, RVN) 3. Preparatory Stage (WD) 4. Committee Stage (CD, CC) 5. Enquiry Stage (CDV, RVC) 2 voting stages 3 ≥ 2/3 P-mem vote & ≥ 4(or 5) NCs experts 6. Approval Stage (FDIS, RVD) 7. Publication Stage (IS) ≥ 2/3 P-mem. vote & <25% neg. vote (both stages)

International Standards Maintenance Process TC/SC P-members O-members IS Process NC interest ? WG / MT Working Group stage (draft documents) TC stage (comments) 2. Proposal Stage • DC + INF, or • Q + RQ, or • plenary decision and then RR) 3. Preparatory Stage (WD) 4. Committee Stage (CD, CC) 5. Enquiry Stage (CDV, RVC) 2 voting stages 4 6. Approval Stage (FDIS, RVD) 7. Publication Stage (IS) ≥ 2/3 P-mem. vote & <25% neg. vote (both stages)

Voting and Commenting periods • NP: 4 weeks or 12 weeks 4 weeks is possible when the attached draft is an outline and when an existing group is making the proposal 5 • • • CD: 8, 12 or 16 weeks CDV: 12 weeks FDIS: 6 weeks • • DTS: 12 weeks DTR, DPAS: 8 weeks

New edition of ISO/IEC Directives Part 1, (Edition 15. 0, 2019 -05) Key updates: • 1. 12. 2 Experts not registered in a WG shall not participate in its work. Convenors may invite a specific guest to participate in a single meeting. • 1. 17. 2 Liaisons A and B acceptance criteria clarified • Annexes L and M Management System Standards Part 1 + IEC Supplement exist as consolidated version

Drafting IEC publications Overview and guidelines available on IEC Website, as a complement to ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2: Writing & editing Layout & formatting Graphics & figures Training material on terminology IEC MS Word Template v 5 AC/25/2013 http: //www. iec. ch/standardsdev/resources/draftingpublications/

Relevant IEC Administrative Circulars • AC/31/2018 IEC Revised patent policy • AC/17/2019 IEC Conformity Assessment (CA) e. Learning course • AC/33/2019 Zoom in China • AC/19/2019, AC/20/2019, AC/23/2019, AC/26/2019, AC/27/2019, AC/28/2019, AC/30/2019 Registration to GM in Shanghai 8

IEC Academy To support National Committees and the broader IEC community in the training of experts on standards and conformity assessment matters: • Workshops • Webinars • E-Learning material http: //www. iec. ch/academy

IEC IT Tools http: //www. iec. ch/tools

My. New. Docs – Customizing notifications 11

Liaison representatives on TC 61 dashboard: - incoming - outgoing 12

Calendar of IEC General Meetings § § 13 2019 – Shanghai, China § 21 to 25 October 2019 2020 - Stockholm, Sweden § 5 to 9 October 2020 2021 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates § 10 to 14 October 2021 Proposals to be confirmed 2022 -USA 2023 -EG

Thankyou! Christophe Boyer Technical Officer TC 61 plenary meeting 2019 -10 -21 Shanghai, China