1KIEV SG/cta/ International Organization for Standardization

2KIEV SG/cta/ International Standards and conformity assessment To support trade and sustainable development by Alan Bryden ISO Secretary-General Kiev, 12 June 2008

3KIEV SG/cta/ An increasing demand for consensus based International Standards Globalization of trade in products and services Outsourcing and offshoring of procurement and investment Deregulation of public services Response to climate change and energy efficiency Public demand for consumer and environmental protection Need for international solidarity to face terrorism, epidemics and natural disasters Deployment of new technologies and innovation

4KIEV SG/cta/ A new global framework for technical harmonization World Trade Organization: 152 countries are signatories (as of 1 June 2008) Multiplication of bilateral and regional trade agreements: more than 200 identified by WTO, e.g. European Union, Community of Independent states, ASEAN (South east Asia), Mercosur (South America)… Major emerging economies (China, India, Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa,…) and regulatory reforms Good regulatory practices by referencing standards, as a component of good public governance Global companies Increasing impact of societal NGOs

5KIEV SG/cta/ WTO – Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade Recognizes countries’ rights to adopt the technical regulations they consider appropriate Justification of divergences with international practice: climatic, geographic, safety, security, environment,… (notification, safeguard clause and dispute resolution processes) Encourages countries to use international standards where appropriate to avoid unjustified technical requirements and un- necessary duplication of conformity assessment procedures Sets out rules for the preparation, adoption and application of standards by governments and standardizing bodies developing voluntary standards Characterizes « international standards » WTO Code of Good Practice ratified by 163 Standardizing Bodies. Access through ISO-IEC Information Center (

6KIEV SG/cta/ The quality infrastructure supporting a sustainable world economy Metrology StandardizationAccreditation BIPMOIML ISOIAFILACITU-TIECScienceandTechnology Society Conformity assessment Trade

7KIEV SG/cta/ Metrology, accreditation and conformity assessment

8KIEV SG/cta/ Technical regulations address issues such as Safety Security Health Environmental impact Accessibility Fairness of trade Consumer, user or worker information Relating to products, processes, plants, building, services or business practices

9KIEV SG/cta/ Complementarity between technical regulations and standards Regulations set mandatory requirements and related conformity assessment deemed necessary by the legislator for protecting citizens, the environment, infrastructures and property (intellectual, physical) Consensus based standards address technicalities and good practices for implementing technical regulations. They are developed by a transparent process involving all the interested stakeholders International Standards may reconcile legitimate societal requirements with avoiding unnecessary technical barriers to trade

10KIEV SG/cta/ Using and referencing ISO/IEC standards in technical regulations (information document)

11KIEV SG/cta/ The World Standards Cooperation (WSC) Multi-discipline and cross-sector For electrotechnology For telecommunications The leading international standardization organizations Collaborate to meet the challenges of converging technologies

12KIEV SG/cta/ The ISO system At February 2007 IT tools Standards development procedures Consensus building Dissemination 157 national members 186 active TCs technical bodies experts Central Secretariat in Geneva 153 staff Collection of ISO Standards standards produced in 2007

13KIEV SG/cta/ Standards and work in progress 2003 – 2007 At February 2008

14KIEV SG/cta/ ISO’s global networking WTO: observer status and collaboration UN and UN agencies: CODEX, ILO, IMO, ITC, UPU, UN/ECE, UNIDO, WHO, WMO, WTO-Tourism,... World Customs Organization (WCO) 720 liaisons and partnerships with international and regional organizations in technical work Links with seven regional bodies (ACCSQ, AIDMO, ARSO, CEN, COPANT, EASC, PASC) Economic actors: Accreditation: IAF and ILAC, Consumers International, ICC, IFAN, World Economic Forum, World Energy Council, etc…

15KIEV SG/cta/ International Standards and conformity assessment The ISO/IEC series of standards and guides relating to conformity assessment functions… For use both for mandatory and voluntary conformity assessment To assess compliance to national, regional or international regulatory requirements and/or voluntary standards Contributes to international acceptance of results and and certificates Relating to measurement, calibration, testing, certification (of products, processes, services, management systems and competence of personnel), inspection and associated accreditation services

16KIEV SG/cta/ Example 1: Quality Management Approx. 1 million ISO 9001:2000 certificates in 170 countries (in 2007) Upcoming revision of ISO 9001 and ISO 9004 Sector implementations of ISO 9000: automobile, aeronautics, telecoms, railways, medical devices… Market surveillance of certification to ISO management system Standards

17KIEV SG/cta/ Example 2: Security Supply chain: ISO series Road traffic: new ISO PC 232 Societal security: ISO TC 223

18KIEV SG/cta/ Example 3:Food Safety Example 3: Food Safety The CODEX HACCP requirements The ISO series on food safety and traceability management ISO’s awareness and education programme

19KIEV SG/cta/ Example 4: Climate change Trading of emission credits: accounting and verification of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions: ISO and ISO TC 207/SC 7 on GHG Carbon foot print assessment and labelling Environmental management Energy efficiency and renewable sources

20KIEV SG/cta/ Example 5: Environmental management Environmental labelling Environmental management: ISO 14001:2004 certificates in 140 countries Analysis for air, water and soil quality and noise measurements ISO TC 207

21KIEV SG/cta/ Example 6: Energy efficiency Measuring and communicating energy consumption of appliances and equipements Energy performance of construction materials and building components, as well as of whole buildings New ISO PC to develop an «energy management standard» ISO/IEC collaboration

22KIEV SG/cta/ Example 7: The upstream oil and gas industry ISO TC 67 Materials, equipment and offshore structures for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries Products and component specification and interoperability 130 IS adopted and 73 in progress Involvement of and adoption by CEN and American Petroleum Institute ISO TS 29001: application of ISO 9001 for suppliers of the oil and gas industry

23KIEV SG/cta/ Example 8: Automobile ISO TC 22 on motor vehicles Collaboration with regulators: WP.29 of UNECE Testing for safety Quality management: ISO and the IATF

24KIEV SG/cta/ Example 9: Healthcare Clinical evaluation and testing of medical devices Clinical laboratories Health informatics and inter-operability Quality management in health services

25KIEV SG/cta/ Example 10: Information technologies Information security: the ISO/IEC series Quality of IT services: the ISO/IEC series ISO/IEC JTC 1 Collaboration with ITU

26KIEV SG/cta/ Example 11: Consumer Protection The role of COPOLCO Safety of consumer products and domestic appliances Informative labelling and product certification Societal claims: fair trade, ethics, environmental claims… The future ISO on social responsibility

27KIEV SG/cta/ ISO International Standards for a sustainable world Thank for your attention! Merci pour votre attention! Благодарю Вас за внимание !