At the halfyear mark: IEC and CANENA for the 2001 CANENA Council Meeting Ronald H' Reimer Vice Presi

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At the half-year markIEC and CANENAfor the
2001 CANENA Council MeetingRonald H.
ReimerVice President
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IECs Mission

• To achieve its mission IEC - -
• Through its National Committee members,
• Via cooperative agreements, and
• Directly
• Encourages national use of IEC International
  Standards and IEC Conformity Assessment Schemes
• Stimulates world trade and business by
  continually striving to assure - -
• Product results are globally market relevant,
• Suitable for conformity assessment use, and
• Applicable for worldwide use and voluntary
  adoption
• Provides the framework for Conformity Assessment
  in global markets

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63 IEC members

• AUSTRALIA
• AUSTRIA
• BELARUS
• BELGIUM
• BOS.-HERZO. (AM)
• BRAZIL
• BULGARIA
• CANADA
• CHINA
• COLOMBIA (AM)
• COSTA RICA (PM)
• CROATIA
• CUBA (PM)
• CYPRUS (AM)
• CZECH REP.
• DENMARK
• EGYPT

ERITREA (PM) ESTONIA (AM) FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY G
REECE HUNGARY ICELAND (AM) INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IR
ELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN KOREA, REP. OF
LATVIA (AM) LITHUANIA (AM) LUXEMBURG MALAYSIA MALT
A (AM) MEXICO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PAKIS
TAN PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA RUSSIAN
FED. SAUDI ARABIA
SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH
AFRICA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TUNISIA
(AM) TURKEY UKRAINE UK USA URUGUAY (PM) YUGOSLAVIA
( Since the start of the year Lebanon has joined
as an AM)
As at 2000-12-11
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Types of membership

• Three kinds of NC Membership
• Full NC participates in IEC any work and voting
• Associate helps countries participate in IEC
  affairs at reduced expense and with limited
  rights
• Pre-Associate introduces potential future
  members to the world of the IEC. Limited expense
  no voting rights
• IEC also recently has started an IEC Affiliate
  Country Forum, as part of the implementation of
  the extension of the IEC family proposal
  approved by the CB and Council

New
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IEC Products

• International Consensus Products
• International Standards (Full consensus)
• Technical Specifications (Full consensus not
  (yet) reached)
• Technical Reports (Information different from an
  IS or TS)
• Publicly Available Specifications (IEC - PAS)
• Guides (Non-normative publications)
• Limited Consensus Products
• Industry Technical Agreement (ITA)
• Technology Trend Assessment (TTA)
• As defined in the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1,
  Section 2 Development of International Standards
• IEC PAS is different than the ISO - PAS
• For more information on IEC Products see
  http//www.iec.ch/gnote3-e.htm

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IEC and CANENA

• The IEC CANENA Agreement provides for data
  availability and representative attendance at
  their respective Council meetings
• The Agreement also mentions CANENA activities in
  support of IEC Standards. IEC is following the
  progress of CANENA members adopting and using IEC
  standards
• IEC is willing help CANENA in working with the
  IEC National Committees within the CANENA member
  countries

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IEC and CANENA (cont.)

• IEC is ready to put on seminars on standards or
  workshops on standards development in the
  Americas Region, in Cooperation with CANENA
• IEC Officers and Central Office Staff are
  willing to help in any way we can, but CANENA
  members actively promoting the IEC in the
  Americas needs to be evident.

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2001 CANENA Council Meeting Thank You