1. ESOs – ANSI meeting 21&22 February 2017
CEN and CENELEC relation with ISO & IEC The Vienna and Frankfurt Agreements
ESOs – ANSI meeting
21&22 February 2017

2. Vienna and Frankfurt Agreement
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
EUROPEAN LEVEL
Vienna Agreement
Frankfurt Agreement
National Standardization Bodies
NATIONAL LEVEL

3. The Vienna Agreement (ISO-CEN)

4. Vienna Agreement Facts and figures
What?
When?
Why?
Formal agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN
‘ Signature
2001 ‘Codified version’
2016 ‘Guidelines on implementation’
To avoid duplication of work at International and European levels
Codified version – after 10 years, need for simplification and clarification
Why – the advantages
No copyright issues;
Common Drafting Rules and synchronized approval processes;
Freedom of choice – possibility to proceed separately by the unsatisfied party.

5. Vienna Agreement Statistics – per domain
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6. Vienna Agreement Modalities
Information exchange between CCMC and ISO/CS
Cooperation by correspondence
Representation in meetings
Adoption of available publications
Different levels of cooperation
– the most basic – exchange of catalogues at the level of Secretariats of ISO and CEN
- between TCs – by correspondence and through mutual representation in meetings
- more advanced – adoption of available publications and lastly – parallel development of common deliverables
Modality: by correspondence
Vienna Agreement specifies rules for cooperation by correspondence
TC-secretaries: Draw an agreement between respective committees on modalities
TC members: Comments sent by TC secretariat to its counterpart shall reflect views of the committee
Non-CEN-Members: CEN agrees to accept comments at CEN enquiry stage from ISO member bodies outside CEN
Modality: Mutual representation
VA also specifies rules regarding mutual representation in meetings
Formal nomination of representatives to meetings
Maximum four representatives of the other organization
Preference given to non-CEN members when nominating to participate in CEN meetings
Representatives of ISO or CEN shall represent consolidated view of the nominating committee
Common work, Adoption of available publications
3 possible scenarios for Adoption of available publications:
Organization, wishing to adopt a standard from the other organization, submits it to its own adoption procedures
Ideally, this publication should be adopted without change (identical standards)
If not possible: two options
Revision of publication using parallel ISO-CEN approval (preferred)
Adoption of modified version of the available publication (And gets a new reference number )
Parallel development: next slide
Parallel development of common deliverables

7. How works “Common Work”? Parallel development of standards
Agreement between both Technical Committees
Identification of lead organization (ISO lead preferred)
NWI approval in both CEN & ISO
Parallel, synchronized enquiries (ENQ/DIS)
Possibility to skip FV/FDIS
Parallel voting, synchronized (FV/FDIS)
Dual publication EN ISO
Revision/Amdt – default ISO lead
No details just name the steps.
Main messages:
ISO lead is the preferred option
CEN lead is only possible if this is supported by a simple majority of non-CEN P-members of the respective ISO committee;
Exemptions are only possible where there are legitimate reasons which are acceptable to the non-CEN national members (e.g. EC mandates);
In case of harmonized standards – parallel development possible, intervention of NAC
Amdt = amendment
ISO/CS always handles the document, CEN publishes European foreword and Annexes
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8. Overview ISO-CEN VA regulates:
modalities of cooperation by correspondence
mutual representation in meetings
approval of published standards
parallel development of deliverables
ISO lead is preferred and a default option for revisions of deliverables developed in parallel, review triggered by ISO
Info available on CEN website: s/default.aspx
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9. The Frankfurt Agreement (IEC-CLC)

10. Frankfurt Agreement Facts and figures
What?
When?
Why?
Agreement on common planning of new work and parallel voting between IEC and CENELEC
1996 – Signature of Dresden Agreement
2016 – Signature of Frankfurt Agreement
To optimize use of available resources
To accelerate development of common European and International standards

11. Frankfurt Agreement Statistics – per domain
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12. Revised IEC-CENELEC Cooperation Agreement
Text agreed by both CLC/AG and IEC Council
Signed on 14 October 2016 by IEC & CENELEC Presidents
‘Dresden Agreement’  ‘Frankfurt Agreement’
Alignment to real world practice
Only essential change is ‘EN IEC 6xxxx’ numbering for identical adoption; will apply as of , without retroactive action

13. Frankfurt Agreement Modalities (3)
Common planning of New Work Items
Parallel voting on draft International Standards
Conversion of European Standards into International Standards
Common Planning:
All CDV and FDIS circulated for vote in IEC are automatically submitted for enquiry and vote respectively as prEN within CENELEC, with the following exceptions:
• Those emanating from certain IEC Technical Committees and Sub-Committees nominated by the CENELEC Technical Board as outside CENELEC requirements. However, a specific draft from these TCs or SCs may be considered for parallel voting;
• Draft amendments to IEC standards which have not yet been harmonized by CENELEC as EN or HD, shall not be submitted to parallel voting. Such cases shall be detected by the CENELEC/CS and the IEC/CO shall be informed accordingly
Parallel voting:
Common Modifications (CM)
If an IEC standard does not fully satisfy the European market, CLC/TC decides on the need to develop ‘Common Modifications’
at the beginning of the process
CDV stage
FDIS stage
Conversion:
CENELEC offers published European standards to IEC:
CENELEC deliverables of European origin
‘homegrown standards’
European Common Modifications to IEC based standards
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14. Overview IEC-CENELEC
Aims at identical worldwide and European standards
Rational use of available resources
Parallel vote but possibility to adapt to European needs (Common Modifications)
~78% of CENELEC standards are identical or based on IEC standards.
Info available on CENELEC website: iec.html
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15. VIENNA & FRANKFURT AGREEMENT
BASIC PRINCIPLES COMMON TO BOTH AGREEMENTS
Primacy of International Standards
Avoid duplication of work at International and European levels
Aim at identical worldwide and European standards
Ensure rational use of available resources
Common Drafting Rules

16. VIENNA & FRANKFURT AGREEMENT
RECOGNIZING
Sometimes particular needs for standards in EU, are not reflected internationally (content – urgency)
CEN and CENELEC operate within, and must respect, a political environment (EU/EFTA – European Standardization System – New Approach - …)
ISO and IEC to take into account requirements of mandates

17. VIENNA & FRANKFURT AGREEMENT
LAYING OTHER ACCENTS
VIENNA (ISO-CEN)
DRESDEN (IEC-CENELEC)
Planning of new work
Collaborative (at Technical Committee level)
Common (CLC NWIs offered to IEC)
Development of Standards
A lead organisation with parallel procedures for the other party (ISO lead preferred)
IEC with parallel CENELEC procedures (exceptions apply)
Differences addressed
CEN Homegrown
with common modifications Or
CENELEC Homegrown

18. Adoptions of US standards via VA and FA

19. Efficient tools to adopt US standards
Recent examples of ENs published:
 Transposition of US SDOs standards in Europe
 Traceability
EN ISO/ASTM 52900:2017
Additive manufacturing - General principles - Terminology (ISO/ASTM 52900:2015)
EN ISO/ASTM 52915:2017
Specification for additive manufacturing file format (AMF) Version 1.2 (ISO/ASTM 52915:2016)
EN ISO :2017
Health informatics - Personal health device communication - Part 00103: Overview (ISO/IEEE :2015)
More than 50 ENs are based on US standards or referencing them

20. Many thanks for your attention!