LIAISON REPORT from CEN/TC 12 G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

APOLOGIES Having prior engagements for this current week, I am sorry not to be able to attend your important meeting. Please accept my apologies and welcome the previous Chair of CEN/TC 12, Mr. Alain Loppinet, who has accepted to represent me. Gilles Trican G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

CEN/TC 12 SCOPE AND GOAL TITLE: Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries SCOPE: CEN/TC 12 scope is nearly identical to ISO/TC 67 scope, but excludes what is covered by CEN/TC 234 (i.e. gas distribution). NOTES : a) The standardization within CEN/TC 12 is to be achieved wherever possible by adoption of ISO/TC 67 standards. b) National adoption of each one of CEN/TC 12 standards is mandatory in each one of the 30 member countries. MOTTO : GLOBAL STANDARDS USED LOCALLY WORLDWIDE

G. Trican, Samara, Nov CEN/TC 12 WORK PROGRAM more than 60 Work Items Already published standards: 125 EN ISO (Identical) published standards + 14 being adopted + 6 EN (ISO modified) standards (exclusion of gas infrastructure industries) + 1 CEN TR (piping + ASME B PED )

PLENARY MEETING Next plenary meeting of CEN/TC 12 will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on the 9th and 10th of February, A number of interesting issues will be discussed then. Several of them are linked to regulations. G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

Working with European Regulations  A new version of the ‘European Project Leader (EPL) Manual’ was published and distributed in  We encourage everyone to use this valuable tool, and to make sure that on each project, an EPL has been identified.  An “EPL” workshop will be organised in order to help training new EPLs.

EPL The « EPL manual » clearly defines role and responsibilities of the EPL : Ensuring that both Environmental aspects and Regulatory aspects of the project have been checked. Making sure there are no contradiction with any applicable Directive is -as of today- the main task of an EPL. Demonstrating that the EN ISO project is in full compliance with all the requirements of any applicable Directive has not yet been expected from an EPL, but could be in the future. A specific “European Annex” can be drafted within an ISO standard to fit the needs of European stakeholders. European annex of ISO/DIS 3183 (Line Pipe) is a good example. G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

Working with Regulations Following ‘recent industry events’, intense work has been performed by the Oil & Gas industry, in particular with OGP. European Regulators (i.e. European Commission) have launched a number of actions, and in particular held a workshop in March A Draft Mandate requesting a ‘programme of Harmonised Standards (in full compliance with a Directive)’ has been issued in September 2011, and commented by various CEN/TCs. For CEN/TC 12, this can be useful if there is an added value for Safety, but it is important that the present coherent set of EN ISO standards giving technical integrity is not jeopardised by modifications linked with harmonising. G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

FUTURE EUROPEAN REGULATION COMING FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, Proposal for a : REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

(3) This Regulation should apply not only to future installations and operations but, subject to transitional arrangements, also to existing installations. (13) Within the Union, there are already examples of good standards in national regulatory practices related to offshore oil and gas activities. However, these are inconsistently applied throughout the Union and no Member State has yet incorporated all of the best regulatory practices in their legislation for preventing major offshore accidents or limiting their consequences to persons and the environment. Best regulatory practices are to secure effective regulation on safety and environment by integrating related functions into a joint competent authority ("the competent authority") that may draw resources from one or more national agencies. (25) To ensure safety in design and continuous safe operations, the industry is required to follow the best available practices defined in authoritative standards and guidance, and these require to be updated with new knowledge and invention and pursuant to continuous improvement so that operators and competent authorities should collaborate to establish priorities for the creation of new or improved standards and guidance in the light of the Deepwater Horizon accident experience and other significant offshore accidents, and should commission the preparation of the highest priority guidance and standards without delay.

G. Trican, Samara, Nov And more : (26) In view of the complexity of offshore oil and gas operations, the implementation of the best practices by the operators requires a scheme of independent third party verification of safety critical elements. (49) At Union level, it is important that technical standards are complemented by a corresponding legal framework of product safety legislation that apply to all offshore installations in Union waters, and not just non-mobile production installations. The Commission should therefore proceed with further analysis of the product safety standards applicable to offshore oil and gas operations.

CONCLUSION The outcome of the 2 mentioned regulatory actions is not yet known, but it is obvious that whenever standardisation work must be done, applicable regulations have to be taken into account. We hope to have a clearer picture by February next year. G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011

CEN/TC 12 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION (and again to Alain Loppinet) Secretary :