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- Accelerated Unified Approval Procedure (AUAP).
The Normal Approval Procedure is the normal procedure for
approval of standards. It is a two-step procedure with separate
Public Enquiry (PE) and Voting phases as described in Figure 1.
The work is normally carried out by a Sub-Technical Committee
(STC) or a Project Team (PT). When approved by the
Technical Committee (TC) responsible for the work item, the
draft is sent to the National Standards Organisations (NSOs) of
the ETSI member countries for comments (Public Enquiry). The
PE period is usually 17 but is extended to 21 weeks if the PE
period includes the summer holiday period.
The review of the PE comments is normally carried by the STC
responsible for the draft standard. The PE review takes place at
an ordinary STC meeting or at a PE resolution meeting. After
TC approval of the modified document, it is sent to the NSOs
for vote. The draft is approved if 71 % of the weighted votes are
positive.
The approval at STC or TC level is made at meetings or by correspondence.
If there are problems reaching a consensus, indicative
voting might be necessary. Only the participating Full
Members of the STC/TC can vote, and there is one vote for
each member. It is for the chairman of the STC/TC to evaluate
the results of the indicative voting.
The Unified Approval Procedure (UAP) and the Accelerated
Unified Approval Procedure (AUAP) are both one step approval
procedures where Public Enquiry and Vote are combined.
ETSI Weighted National Voting
Draft (I-)ETSs are approved by the ETSI weighted national
voting procedure. The vote is usually taken by
correspondence, but can be taken at a meeting
announced thirty days beforehand.
The draft (I-)ETS is approved when the percentage of
the positive votes is at least 71 % of the votes cast. In
the events that a draft (I-)ETS is not approved, the national
votes of the EC countries shall be counted
according to article 148 of the Treaty of Rome. If the
vote is positive the standard is then adopted, and thus
becomes an (I-)ETS for the European Community and
other countries which have voted in its favour.
The allocations of weighting to ETSI member countries
are as given in the table. It should be noted that for the
time being there are two open issues,
- to reduce the weighting of Austria and Sweden to 4
to be in line with the weighting of the European
Community
- to allocate weights for Russia.
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Figure 2
STC
approval
TC
approval
Up to 4
weeks UAP 17 or 21 weeks
The UAP period is the same as for PE, 17 or 21 weeks. The
UAP procedure is usually used for amendments, corrections or
revisions of approved standards. Normally, UAP should not be
used for more than 20 % of the total cases. The UAP procedure
is described in Figure 2.
The AUAP procedure is used only when the Standard is urgently
needed to meet the market needs. Careful planning is required,
and the NSOs shall be notified before the consensus
approval of the STC. Normally, AUAP should not be used for
more than 10 % of the total cases.
Technical Bases for Regulation
Technical Bases for Regulation (TBR) is a document that will
be used for regulatory purposes in Europe. Work on a TBR will
be based on a mandate from CEC and EFTA, and a scope statement
defined by the regulatory bodies. A TBR is the technical
part of a Common Technical Regulation (CTR) as defined in
Council Directive 91/263, and is limited to essential requirements
as defined in the directive.
Country Weight Country Weight
France 10 Czech Republic 3
Germany 10 Denmark 3
Italy 10 Hungary 3
United Kingdom 10 Finland 3
Spain 8 Ireland 3
Austria 5 Norway 3
Belgium 5 Romania 3
Greece 5 Croatia 2
The Netherlands 5 Cyprus 2
Poland 5 Iceland 2
Portugal 5 Luxembourg 2
Sweden 5 Malta 2
Switzerland 5 Slovak Republic 2
Turkey 5 Slovenia 2
Bulgaria 3 Russia tba
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