BT Meeting 9056 - European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

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BT N 9056
2012-11-23
1.5 Follow-up of actions BT N 9002
The BT Chairman referred to an action pending from the 66 th BT, item 4.4 on use of the TC Working Area, which
was indicated in green. Not all Working Groups were using the IT tools provided and the Chairman asked the
Members to provide the necessary support to WG Convenors to use them. The use of e-mails for circulating
documents was no longer acceptable.
AFNOR pointed out that Annex 3 to the Follow-up of actions was no longer correct. The Chairman pointed out
that this would be dealt with further on in the agenda and that modifications to the list would be made with regard
to the WG R&P for which he would be replaced by Gudrun Rognvaldardottir.
BT Chairman announced that the ISO-CEN Joint Coordination Group (JCG) would no longer meet annually,
since there was sufficient coordination between its members. The group would be considered as dormant but
could meet if needed. There was therefore no need to review its composition, which could be removed from the
list in future.
2 REPORT OF THE CHAIR
2.1 Report of the Chairman
Peter Ziethen gave his last report as Chairman of CEN/BT, starting his presentation with statistics. A major
achievement of the commitment of BT with the support of CCMC, was the continual shortening of development
time. However, for CWAs, the development time had increased considerably and was no longer much faster
than for ENs.
Figures indicated that more than 97% of the work was not co-financed by EC/EFTA, thus limiting the risks -
evoked in the breakout session related to the new Regulation - with regard to penalties for not meeting
objectives. Funding is driven by the private sector.
Other main items of significance were:
- Gudrun Rognvaldardottir would succeed Peter Ziethen as CEN Vice President Technical and CEN/BT
Chairperson as from 2013;
- There had been only one candidate for the position of CEN Vice President Policy and his appointment is to
be confirmed;
Questions to the Chairman followed with regard to CEN stakeholder classification, Members' self-assessment,
and whether the impact assessment for the new Regulation would involve associate members.
DECISION BT 16/2012 (72nd BT item: 2)
Subject: Matching the Regulation on standardization
BT,
considering the newly adopted Regulation on Standardisation and its application as of 1st January 2013;
asks CCMC to prepare information and guidance on its practical implementation for further consideration by the CEN
and CENELEC BTs.
3 CEN/BT ACTION PLAN 2010-2013
Action 1.1.1 To reduce the development time
This decision is applicable as from: 2012-10-24
As a general statement, the BT Chairman pointed out that the current CEN/BT Action Plan runs up to 2013 but
suggested that - as his term as Chairman comes to an end - during the 73 rd BT meeting in 2013, the current
actions should be reviewed and new ones defined.
Annick Hamel, Champion of Action 1.1.1, gave a presentation, including two recommendations with regard to a
review of the CEN and CENELEC processes taking account ISO/TMB and IEC/SMB decisions. Due to
comments from members of the WG on the report, these recommendations were not presented at this meeting
for BT decision. The final report would be presented following a further meeting of the WG before end 2012.
BT Chairman thanked Annick Hamel for the presentation, stating that there still appeared to be a need for further
speeding up the standardization process due to expectations from the Commission. CEN was also expected to
synchronise processes with ISO and this should be one of the priorities of the group.