1. Ing. Jiří Kratochvíl Director of Standards kratochvil@unmz.cz www.unmz.cz Baku, 7th May 2012 INTRODUCTION OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION

2. T OPICS 1. Introduction of International and European organizations in the field of standardization 2. Role of UNMZ as national standardization organization 3. Distribution of standards in Czech Republic

3. I NTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION ISO - International Organization for Standardization More then 160 members (NSOs) Technical work in 265 technical committees Focused on all areas except electrotechnical Issued documents marked ISO Cooperation with CEN on the basis of Viena agreement (1991) Based in Geneva (Switzerland) „ISO“ derived from the Greek „isos“, meaning "equal„ For more info see www.iso.orgwww.iso.org

4. I NTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission More then 80 members (NSOs) Technical work in 95 technical committees Focused on all electrotechnical areas Issued documents marked IEC Cooperation with CENELEC on the basis of Dresden agreement (1996) Based in Geneva (Switzerland) For more info see www.iec.chwww.iec.ch

5. I NTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION ITU - International Telecommunication Union Established in 1993 as successor of International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) The importance of telecommunications has significantly increased in recent years (Extremely important for the delivery of services in banking, transport, tourism, electronic shopping, etc.) Based in Geneva (Switzerland) For more info see www.itu.intwww.itu.int

6. E UROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION CEN - European Committee for Standardization 32 members (NSOs - 27 EU, 3 EFTA, Croatia, Turkey) Technical work in 299 technical committees Focused on all areas except electrotechnical Issued documents marked EN Cooperation with ISO on the basis of Viena agreement (1991) Based in Brussels (Belgium) For more info see www.cen.euwww.cen.eu

7. E UROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization 32 members (NSOs - 27 EU, 3 EFTA, Croatia, Turkey) Technical work in 65 technical committees Focused on all electrotechnical areas Issued documents marked EN Cooperation with IEC on the basis of Dresden agreement (1996) Based in Brussels (Belgium) For more info see www.cenelec.euwww.cenelec.eu

8. E UROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute Produces globally-applicable standards for ICT Officially recognized by the European Union as a European Standards Organization Based in Sophia Antipolis (France) For more info see www.etsi.orgwww.etsi.org

9. R OLE OF UNMZ AS NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION Standardization process is manged by Department of Standards of UNMZ Department of Standards is responsible for technical standardization work and proper issuance and distribution of technical standards on national level and for cooperation with European and International standardization organizations (ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC, ETSI) Department of Standards cooperates with other parties in case of fulfilling of above mentioned tasks

10. R OLE OF UNMZ AS NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION Issued documents marked ČSN In 2011 about 1700 ČSN were issued Total number of ČSN cca 31000 56 % of International or European standards issued as ČSN were translated into Czech UNMZ holds 2 TCs in CEN CEN/TC 325 Prevention of crime CEN/TC 352 Nanotechnology

11. D ISTRIBUTION OF STANDARDS IN C ZECH R EPUBLIC Distribution of technical standards to the end users is provided as follows: ČSN online - Developed for UNMZ - Access to electronical versions of all valid ČSN standards - cca 26 000 users Contract sellers - Single sales Sale at UNMZ Information Centre - Single sales

12. Ing. Jiří Kratochvíl Director of Standards kratochvil@unmz.cz http://cs-cz.facebook.com/normy.unmz www.unmz.cz THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION