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INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
How to develop an IEC standard?
Shenzhen – 2007-11-22
Dennis Chew
Officer-in-Charge
IEC Asia-Pacific Regional Centre
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IEC structure and management
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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)
Products
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IEC functioning
Requirements
Work items
Standards outputExpert resources
National level
Industry
Government
Academia
Users
Etc.
Technical committees
National Committees
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Technical committees and subcommittees are made up of
a secretariat a chairman members, which are NCs
All NCs are free to take part in the work of any TC, either
actively (P-members), carrying the obligation to vote on drafts and to attend meetings; or
as observers (O-members), with a right to vote on CDV and FDIS
TCs: how they work
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Stages in international standards development
PWI Preliminary stage
NP Proposal stage
WD Preparatory stage
CD Committee stage
CDV Enquiry stage
FDIS Approval stage
IS Publication stage
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Preliminary stage (PWI)
Elaborate market need for a standard Preliminary technical study
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Proposal stage (NP)
Proposal submitted for 3-month ballot to P-members of TC/SC concerned
Requirement Majority of P-members voting in favour +
For TC/SCs with ≤16 P-members, 4 must nominate expert to participate in work
For TC/SCs with > 16 P-members, 5 must nominate expert to participate in work
Experts constitute project team with project leader nominated by proposer
Work plan with target dates
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Working draft (WD)
Draft documents developed by project team/ working group
Project teams work independently Encourage use of electronic tools
E-mail “Groupware” (shared documents)
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Committee draft (CD)
Draft distributed to National Committees for comments
3 months Stage at which substantive technical
comments to be made
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Enquiry stage (CDV)
Draft submitted for 5-month ballot to National Committees
Last stage at which comments can be submitted
Approved if 2/3 majority of P-members voting approve less than 25% of all votes submitted are negative
New! Draft can now proceed to publication if no negative votes!
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Approval stage (FDIS)
Formal approval ballot for 2 months No comments allowed Approved if
2/3 majority of P-members voting approve less than 25% of all votes submitted are negative
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Publication stage (IS)
Document prepared for publication 2 months maximum
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Summary of time limits for development of IS
Document Time limits of availability
Working Draft 6 months
Committee Draft 12 months
Enquiry Draft 24 months
Approval Draft 33 months
Published Standard 36 months
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Paths to publication
Project stage
Normal procedure
Draft submitted with proposal
“Fast-track procedure”
Technical Specification
Technical Report
Publicly Available
Specification
Proposal
Working draft
Committee
Enquiry
Approval
Publication
PNW
ANW
CD
CDV
FDIS
PNW
ANW
CD
CDV
FDIS
PUB
CDV
FDIS
PUB
PNW
ANW
DTS
PUB
DTR
PUB
PNW
ANW
PUB
PNW
PUB
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Voting/Commenting Periods (AC/29/2006)
Summary of voting/commenting periods for the various technical documents
A two-week extension is applicable for documents closing dates between 15/31 Aug and 15/31 Dec.
Documents for votes and comments:
New Work Item Proposal NP 3 months
Committee Draft for Vote CDV 5 months
Final Draft International Standard FDIS 2 months
Publicly Available Specification PAS 2 months
Draft Technical Report DTR 2 months
Draft Technical Specification DTS 3 months
Documents for comments only:
Committee Draft CD 3 months
Document for Comments DC 6 weeks
Questionnaire Q 6 weeks ↑
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Conclusion
Covered key stages on the development of International Standards
More at www.iec.ch
Wishing you success participating in IEC international standards development!
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
Thank you for your attention.
谢谢