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The ETSI standards process 2 Work Item introduced Approval of draft by technical committee Publication IMMEDIATE If Technical Specification or Technical Report DraftingApproval 6 – 12 MONTHS If European Standard NSO Enquiry and Vote 90 DAYS If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide ETSI Member vote Drafting in technical committee, working group or Specialist Task Force

3 ETSI's deliverables Normative: European Standard (EN) ETSI Standard (ES) ETSI Technical Specification (TS) Informative: ETSI Guide (EG) ETSI Technical Report (TR) ETSI Special Report (SR)

4 ETSI's deliverables Also: Harmonized Standard (HS) An EN drafted by ETSI under a mandate from the European Commission under Directive 98/48/EC taking into account the applicable essential requirements of the "New Approach" Directive and whose reference has subsequently been announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities ETSI Group Specification (GS) An ETSI deliverable, containing either specifications and/or information elements, produced by an Industry Specification Group Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annex A

5 ETSI's deliverables Also: Community Specifications European Standards for Air Traffic Management systems or constituents to support the Single European Sky Interoperability Regulation 552/2004 on a mandate from the EC under Directive 98/34/EC in cooperation with EUROCAE

6 Choice of deliverable type (1) Specifications and standards TS - ETSI Technical Specification Normative Short time to market May be converted later to ES or EN ES - ETSI Standard Normative Preferable/necessary that whole ETSI membership approves EN - European Standard (telecommunications series) Formal output for standardization at European level Specific to Europe & needs transposition into national standards or subject of an EC/EFTA mandate Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annexes A & E

7 Guides and reports TR - ETSI Technical Report Informative Default deliverable EG - ETSI Guide Informative Guidance on handling technical standardization activity in whole or major parts of the Technical Organization ETSI Special Report Informative General ETSI member or public interest Also, deliverable with dynamic content generated by software application on ETSI web site Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annexes A & E Choice of deliverable type (2)

8 Starting the preparation of an ETSI deliverable Each ETSI deliverable is produced as the result of an ETSI work item An ETSI work item is a description of a standardization task approved by an ETSI Technical Body (Technical Committee etc) and adopted by the ETSI members A proposal for a new ETSI work item must be supported by at least four ETSI full and/or associate members The supporting members are expected to contribute to the new work A single individual is named as Rapporteur for the ETSI work item, and he/she acts as the prime contact point on technical matters and for information on progress throughout the drafting phases

9 Initiation of a Work Item The description of a task defined in terms of the: title intended deliverable type technical scope, including field of application schedule of tasks for its production identities of the supporting members identity of the rapporteur

10 Applies ONLY to European Standards (EN) including Harmonized Standards and Community Specifications ETSI starts work on an EN… National Standards Organisations (NSOs) and ETSI Members are required to stop any national standards work that could prejudice that EN ("Standstill") ETSI publishes the EN… NSOs are required to adopt the EN at national level… ("Transposition") …and to withdraw any conflicting national standards ("Withdrawal") Standstill, national transposition and withdrawal

The ETSI standards process 11 Work Item introduced Approval of draft by technical committee Publication IMMEDIATE If Technical Specification or Technical Report DraftingApproval 6 – 12 MONTHS If European Standard NSO Enquiry and Vote 90 DAYS If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide ETSI Member vote Drafting in technical committee, working group or Specialist Task Force

Drafting Drafting is carried out by the Technical Committee or one of its Working Groups possibly with the assistance of a Specialist Task Force a group of experts working together under contract with ETSI normally working in the ETSI premises in France Specialist Task Forces give ETSI a competitive advantage by accelerating the development of urgently needed deliverables Experts for the Specialist Task Forces are proposed by ETSI Members The Specialist Task Force works under the technical guidance of the relevant Technical Committee 12

Drafting ETSI has plenty of help about drafting standards! ETSI Drafting Rules Making Better Standards web site editHelp! service and web site Guides for Committee/Working Group Chairmen Rapporteurs STF Experts Document templates Terminology and Use of English Downloads Helpline … and lots more! 13

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Centre for Testing & Interoperability (CTI) CTI experts can be attached to a standardization group CTI experts can provide: Protocol engineering know-how Dedicated language and tool know-how Testing and test tools know-how Key assistance in planning interoperability related activities Project management 16

Finding out about work in progress 17

The ETSI standards process 18 Work Item introduced Approval of draft by technical committee Publication IMMEDIATE If Technical Specification or Technical Report DraftingApproval 6 – 12 MONTHS If European Standard NSO Enquiry and Vote 90 DAYS If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide ETSI Member vote Drafting in technical committee, working group or Specialist Task Force

Approval The relevant Technical Committee is responsible for approving the draft What happened then depends on the type of deliverable… Web-based approval tools are available for all types of ETSI deliverable 19

Decision Support An optional web-based tool for use by Technical Committees 20

Decision Support 21

22 Who approves what? Technical Body ETSI Technical Reports (TR) ETSI Technical Specifications (TS) Members ETSI Guides (EG) ETSI Standards (ES) Public (National Standards Organizations) EN (telecommunications series) including Harmonized Standards and Community Specifications Industry Specification Group ETSI Group Specifications (GS)

23 ETSI Technical Body approval ETSI Technical Reports (TR) ETSI Technical Specifications (TS) approval can be instantaneous 60 days to publication draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval publication within 30 days provided draft complies with ETSI Drafting Rules

24 Industry Specification Group approval ETSI Group Specifications (GS) decision-making procedures defined in Groups Terms of Reference draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval publication within 30 days provided draft complies with ETSI Drafting Rules

25 ETSI Membership approval (MAP) ETSI Guides (EG) ETSI Standards (ES) 19 weeks to publication draft sent to ETSI Secretariat within 30 days of TB approval ETSI Secretariat prepares draft for vote within 30 days 60 day voting phase weighted individual voting by Full & Associate Members voting report by Secretariat within 15 days if successful, publication within 15 days without modification, except editorial changes

26 Public Approval EN (telecommunications series) involves National Standards Organizations involves Public Enquiry and public Vote allowance has to be made for summer holidays! weighted national voting Two-step procedure (TAP) 11,5 - 12,5 months One-step procedure (OAP) months draft must be non-contentious suits conversion from ES to EN or the deliverable has a high degree of maturity

27 The Two-step approval procedure - for ENs Drafting by Technical Body ETSI processing 1 Month 2 Weeks 1 Month2 Weeks Months2 Months2 - 2,5 Months2 Weeks 11,5 - 12,5 Months Technical Body Approval Draft received by Secretariat Start of Public Enquiry End of Public Enquiry Start of Voting End of Voting Adoption Publication Public Enquiry ETSI review Technical Body review ETSI processing Voting ETSI evaluation Publication

28 The One-step approval procedure - for ENs Drafting by Technical Body ETSI processing 1 Month 2 Weeks Months 2 Weeks Technical Body Approval Draft received by Secretariat Start of Public Enquiry & Voting End of Public Enquiry & Voting Adoption Publication ETSI evaluation Publication Months Combined Public Enquiry and Vote

29 The e-Approval application - for ES, EG and EN

The ETSI standards process 30 Work Item introduced Approval of draft by technical committee Publication IMMEDIATE If Technical Specification or Technical Report DraftingApproval 6 – 12 MONTHS If European Standard NSO Enquiry and Vote 90 DAYS If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide ETSI Member vote Drafting in technical committee, working group or Specialist Task Force

Publication All ETSI deliverables are published on the ETSI portal and can be downloaded free of charge Deliverables can be searched for using the PDA application… … or directly accessed if you know the document number and version 31

Publications Download Area 32

Direct access to published deliverables 33

The ETSI standards process 34 Work Item introduced Approval of draft by technical committee Publication IMMEDIATE If Technical Specification or Technical Report DraftingApproval 6 – 12 MONTHS If European Standard NSO Enquiry and Vote 90 DAYS If ETSI Standard or ETSI Guide ETSI Member vote Drafting in technical committee, working group or Specialist Task Force

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