Preparation of National Standards Mr Peter Walsh Group General Manager Assets, Marks, Regional

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Preparation of National Standards Mr Peter
WalshGroup General ManagerAssets, Marks,
Regional Executive ProjectsStandards Australia
International Limited
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Preparation of National Standards
Why are Standards Important (1)

• Standards provide social and economic benefits by
• Facilitating international trade and
  technical communication
• Promoting confidence in products and services
• Establishing order and convenience

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Preparation of National Standards
Why are Standards Important (2)

• Providing an acceptable level of safety, quality
  and reliability
• Ensuring compatibility of systems and components
• Protecting the environment
• Contributing to economic well-being

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Preparation of National Standards
Who Develops Standards

• In some Government NSBs, by officials in
  consultation with stakeholders (industry,
  professionals, users, community).
• Generally NSBs use representative committees
  drawn from stakeholder organizations and
  Government bodies.
• International standards preparation, usually one
  country, one vote national different.

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Preparation of National Standards
Who Develops - Standards Australia (1)

• SAI facilitates the development of Standards by
  bringing together experts from representative
  interest groups that work to formulate or revise
  Standards.
• Around 9,000 experts in various fieldsare
  members of SAI technical committees.

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Preparation of National Standards
Who develops - Standards Australia (2)

• Members of SAI committees represent
• Governments, Federal, State Local
• Commercial retail interests
• Trade union consumer interests
• Research, academic testing organizations
• Professional bodies
• Manufacturing industry

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Preparation of National Standards
How Developed - Standards Australia

• SAI is a purely neutral facilitator
• SAI has no voting rights or other powers to
  influence committee decisions
• 80 agreement is required before a Standard is
  finalised and no major sectional interest can
  maintain a negative vote
• Firm policy to adopt International Standards
  except with any differences needing to be
  justified in accordance with the WTO Technical
  Barriers to Trade Code

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Preparation of National Standards
The Process
Request for new Standard Project
Project approved
Preliminary Draft
Committee Draft
Draft for public comment
Consideration of comment
Draft for Postal Ballot
The Published Standard
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Preparation of National Standards
Adoption of International Standards

• Obtain agreement of national committee of
  stakeholders and advise community
• Use ISO/IEC Guide 21, Adoption of International
  Standards as regional or national standards
• Guide 21 provides for alignment that is
• Identical (IDN) in technical content, structure
  and wording with only very minor editorial
  changes
• Modified (MOD) if it contains clearly identified
  technical changes but retains structure and
  changes are easily noticed, and
• Not Equivalent (NEQ) if the technical content and
  structure are sufficient and/or changes are not
  identified

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