UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

The 20^th session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) took place during 1 and 2 November 2010. It marked the 40 years of standardization work in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

It included the following events:

Time	Title	Speaker
10:10 – 10:20			Showing of the documentary “Killer Trees” – courtesy of the Central Government Reform Programme, The Netherlands
10:20 – 10:30	Risk management tools at the center of regulatory systems		Ms. Lorenza Jachia Secretary, WP 6
10:30 – 10:40	Balancing risks and red tape: the Dutch experience		Mr. Jan van Tol Project Leader Dutch project Risk and Responsibility
10:40 – 10:50	Contingency planning: Sharing best practice in managing unfolding crises		Mr. Simon Webb Former Director-General, UK Cabinet Office Simon Webb completed in July a guide on high-level crisis management for the UK Government, drawing on his experiences as a Director-General in several Departments 2001 to 2010. At the Department for Transport 2004-9, he was champion for Better Regulation leading simplification of airport regulation and land-use planning for infrastructure. Simon recently became an Executive Director of the Nichols Group, which specialises in large infrastructure projects (such as the Crossrail railway under London) and change initiatives.
10:40 – 11:05	Discussion session
11:05 – 11:15	Using risk management in regulatory systems: the experience of the European Union		Mr. Fabrizio Sacchetti Policy Officer , European Commission - DG Enterprise and Industry
11:15 – 11:25	Risk Management in Regulatory System - A Brazilian perspective		Mr.Gustavo Kuster Conformity Assessment Manager of Inmetro since 2004. Inmetro is responsible for regulations on conformity assessment procedures in Brazil. Mr. Kuster represents Inmetro in various international and regional forums on conformity assessment, such as Mercosur, the ISO CASCO and other forums of conformity assessment. Since late 2009 INMETRO began the implementation of regulatory impact analysis (RIAs) for new regulations for conformity assessment and has already developed 12 RIA.
11:25 – 11:35	Risk-analysis and risk focus in technical regulations – a comparison of approaches		Mr. Florentin Blanc World Bank Group - Investment Climate Advisory Services Florentin Blanc is a World Bank Group consultant on regulatory reform. He is in charge of developing best practice in business inspections reform. He has been leading or supporting inspections reform work in ten countries, ranging from Cambodia to Peru through Kenya, and with a particular focus on the Former Soviet states (Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe). He is also involved in research work on this topic both within the World Bank Group and at the University of Leiden (NL). In addition to his work on business inspections, he has also been actively involved in reforming permits and licensing regimes. Before his work at the Bank, Florentin had a first career as a teacher and lecturer, and then worked several years in an international development NGO in Central Asia.
11:35 – 11:45	Risk Management in the Electro-Medical Sector		Mr. Pierre de Ruvo International Electrotechnical Commission, Executive Secretary of the System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) Chairman of the tripartite IEC-ILAC-IAF Steering Committee. After more than thirty years in the field of Conformity Assessment Programmes in 1999 he was elected and appointed Executive Secretary of the IECEE, the flagship Conformity Assessment System of the IEC and joined the International Electrotechnical Commission’s Central Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
11:50 – 12:05	Questions and answers : Discussion session
12:05 - 12:20	Moving forward: What role for WP. 6 in risk management? (no slides available)		Mr. Donald Macrae Member, Risk and Regulation Advisory Council, United Kingdom Member, Risk and Regulation Advisory Council, UK. Before going independent in 2007 as a consultant in Regulation and Policy, he was Director General for Law and Regulation in the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Amongst his recent consultancy work, he has been advising Brazil’s technical standards regulator, Inmetro, on applying Impact Assessment to Conformity Assessment Procedures, in conjunction with the University of Sao Paulo.
12:20 – 12:35	Stakeholders’ needs and expectations		Mr. Valentin Nikonov Coordinator, UNECE Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems Ad interim coordinator of the UNECE Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems, he works as a consultant in a UNECE project to identify regulatory barriers to trade. At the Growth Trajectory Consulting Company since 2003, he has completed several projects to help service companies raise business efficiency through the application of international standards. He has a PhD in Economics, is a certified ISO/IEC 9001:2008 Auditor and Certified Project Manager. He authored a book on Risk Management and numerous articles on information security and project portfolio management.
12:35 – 13:00	Discussion on the Programme of work of the proposed Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems

PANEL SESSION: Promoting Cooperation in Conformity Assessment, 2 November 2010 from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m.

Time	Topic	Speaker
10:00 – 10:15	Needs of countries with economies in transition in conformity assessment (RUS)		Mr. Valery Hurevich Director, Belarusian State Institute for Standardization and Certification, BelGISS Director of the Belarusian State Institute for Standardization and Certification (Minsk, Belarus). Field of activity: development and improvement of the system for technical normalization and standardization. Areas of scientific interest: methodology of risk analysis, assessment and management in the field of technical normalization and standardization.
10:15 – 10:30	The ISO/CASCO toolbox : modern conformity assessment practice for business and authorities		Mr. Sean McCurtain Head, Conformity Assessment, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Head of Conformity Assessment at the International Standards Organization (ISO), he is also Secretary of the Policy Development Committee on Conformity Assessment (CASCO). Prior to joining ISO he was Executive Director at the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) where he was responsible for all accreditation programmes. He was an international peer evaluator for both IAF and ILAC
10:30 – 10:45	Avoiding multiple certification or testing through multilateral certification schemes		Mr. Gabriel Barta Head Technical Coordination, Secretary, Market Strategy Board, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Since October 2010 the new Secretary of the IEC Market Strategy Board. He was previously the Head of technical coordination, He has broad responsibilities in technical, management and strategic areas.
10:45- 11:00	Questions and answers: Discussion session
11:00 - 11:15	The experience of the European Union		Mr. Fabrizio Sacchetti Policy Officer, European Commission - DG Enterprise and Industry
11:15 – 11:30	What multiple certification means for business		Mr. Gerold Klotz-Engmann Head, International Product and Plant Safety, Endress+Hauser Head of International Product and Plant Safety at Endress+Hauser Sales. Since 1993 Gerold has been participating in standardisation bodies and associations, such as ZVEI, Orgalime ATEX Task Force; DKE K241 (leading K241.0.10 Cat. 1G equipment); CENELEC TC31 (leading TC31/WG09 and WG15); IEC TC31 (leading TC31/MT60079-26); ISA SP12.27; IEC Ex System
11:30 - 12:00	Promoting Regulatory Cooperation in Conformity Assessment Market access for ICT using Recommendation L		Mr. Per Döfnäs Director, Technical Regulations Group Function Sales & Marketing EICTA/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Director, Technical Regulations Government & Industry Relations in Ericsson He has been with the company since 1979, working with product specifications and verification for compliance with applicable technical regulations worldwide. Since 2004 he is responsible for general matters concerning product related technical regulations within the Ericsson Group
	UN/ECE WP 6 International Model for Technical Harmonization Earth-Moving Machine Safety Cooperation in Conformity Assessment		Mr. Dan Roley Chairman, ISO/TC127, Standards Manager in Caterpillar Chair of ISO/TC 127 for Earth-Moving Machines since 2002. Since 1996 with the Caterpillar corporate Standards and Regulations Department. Previously, he worked out of the Caterpillar European office in Geneva, Switzerland as the International Research Manager, and in the Caterpillar Technical Center as the Ergonomics Program Manager.
	Cooperation of Conformity Assessment Bodies an experience report around equipment for explosive atmospheres		Mr. Uwe Klausmeyer Director and Professor, Chair of IECEx Management Committee, Physikalish-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
12:00 – 12:15	Questions and answers / Discussion session / Conclusions

Download the list of final decisions

At its 20th session, the Working Party:

established a Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems (GRM). The GRM will develop best practice and recommendations on how risk management tools can be used in planning, developing and implementing technical regulations, conformity-assessment procedures, market-surveillance activities and inspections, as well as the maintenance of an efficient body of technical regulations through ex-post analysis.

reviewed outstanding needs of business and developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the area of conformity assessment. Results of the discussion will serve as an input in the ongoing revision of Recommendation L.

recommended the further development of a guidance document for market surveillance authorities; and of a common terminology for market surveillance.

supported the establishment of an online database aimed at sharing information on market surveillance authorities in the UNECE region and worldwide regarding: their respective competencies (sectors for which they are responsible), the legislative mandate that is the basis for their action, and their contact details (website/emails).

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Item 1 - Adoption of the agenda
Annotated provisional agenda ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/1	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 2 - Election of Officers
Item 3 - Matters arising from previous sessions of the Working Party, and meetings of its Bureau, the Committee on Trade and its Bureau, and the Executive Committe
Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its nineteenth session ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/19	ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the Meeting of WP.6 Bureau, Rapporteurs and Coordinators, “START” Team and “MARS” Group (Stockholm, 7-11 June 2010) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/9	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 4 - Risk management in regulatory systems
Risk assessment and management in the activities of the Working Party ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/2	ENG	FRE	RUS
Risk management in regulatory systems: A proposed methodology ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/3	ENG	FRE	RUS
Risk management in regulatory systems: A proposed survey ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/4	ENG	FRE	RUS
Proposed Group of Experts on Risk Managment in Regulatory Systems ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/5	ENG	-	-
Item 5 - Standardization and regulatory practice
Compilation of regulatory developments ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/6	ENG	FRE	RUS
Modalities for improving information sharing on technical regulations ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/7	ENG	FRE	RUS
Report on regulatory developments in the chemical industry and its influence on trade ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/8	ENG	FRE	RUS
(a) Review of developments
(b) Development and update of recommendations on regulatory cooperation and standardization policies
UNECE Recommendations on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies ECE/TRADE/378	ENG	FRE	RUS
Proposed revision of Recommendation D, “Reference to Standards” ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/8	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 6 - Regulatory cooperation
Report of the meeting of WP.6 Bureau, rapporteurs and Coordinators, “START” Team and “MARS” Group (Stockholm, 7-11 June 2010) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/9	ENG	FRE	RUS
(a) Regional projects
(b) Sectoral projects
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Telecom ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/10	ENG	FRE	RUS
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Earth-Moving Machinery ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/11	ENG	FRE	-
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Explosive Environments Equipment (1 September 2010, Berlin) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/12	ENG	-	-
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Pipeline Safety ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/13	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 7 - Review of recent developments in conformity assessment and accreditation
Item 8 - Market surveillance
(a) Updates from regional groupings and the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance (“MARS” Group)
Report of the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance, its activities and its meeting in Bratislava (27-29 September 2010) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/14	ENG	-	RUS
List of market surveillance authorities in UNECE member States with their respective competences ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/16	ENG	FRE	RUS
(b) Update on the Market Surveillance Model Initiative
Market surveillance general concept and how it relates to the activities of the Working Party ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/11	ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft guide to the use of the General Market Surveillance Model ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/12	ENG	-	RUS
(c) Common definitions and terminology in Market Surveillance
Second draft of the common definitions and terminology in market surveillance ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/17	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 9 - Metrology
Item 10 - Programme of work and priorities of the Working Party
Programme of Work for 2011-2013, including the revised table of priorities and an organizational chart ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/19	ENG	FRE	RUS
Evaluation of the Working Party ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/21	ENG	FRE	RUS
Item 11 - Capacity-building
Item 12 - Other business
Item 13 - Adoption of the report

Presentation during the Session

Agenda item	Speaker	Title
3. Matters arising from previous sessions of the Working Party, and meetings of its Bureau, the Committee on Trade and its Bureau, and the Executive Committee	Mr. Valentin Nikonov, Coordinator, UNECE Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems	Preliminary Report, Needs Assessments Study of the Republic of Belarus
5. Standardization and regulatory practice	Mr. Gabriel Barta, Secretary of the Market Strategy Board, International Electrotechnical Commission	Update on the World Standards Cooperation (WSC)
	Mr. Ivar Jachwitz, Chairperson, External Relations Committee CEN-CENELEC-ETSI	Update from CEN/CENELEC
	Mr. Bardo Schettini, Director - Corporate Policy, CEN-CENELEC Management Centre	CEN and CENELEC - Cooperation in European Standardization and the future challenges
	Mr. Milan Holeček, President, Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing	Use of WTO Principles in Standardization
	Mr. Evgeny Petrosyan, Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Technical Regulations and Metrology, Russian Federation	Improving information sharing on technical regulations
	Mr. Valery Hurevich, Director, Belarusian State Institute for Standardization and Certification	Update on the harmonization of technical regulations within the Customs Union (RUS)
	:Mr. M. Chloupek, Director of Departmentt, Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing	Regulatory developments in the EU
	Mrs. Veronika Nikishina, Deputy Director, Department of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation & WP. 6 Rapporteur on developments in the chemical industry	Regulatory developments in the chemical industry and its influence on trade
6b. Regulatory cooperation: Sectoral projects	Mr. Per Döfnäs, Director, Technical Regulations Group Function Sales & Marketing, EICTA/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson	Sectoral Initiative on Telecom
	Mr. Dan Roley, Chairman, ISO/TC127, Standards Manager in Caterpillar	Sectoral Initiative on Earth-Moving Machinery
	Mr. Frank Lienesch, Arbeitsgruppe 3.72 "Explosionsgeschützte elektrische Antriebssysteme" PTB, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany	Sectoral Initiative on Explosive Environments Equipment
	Ms. Nadezhda Volkova, Research-Training Center - Testing and Diagnostics	Sectoral Initiative on Pipeline Safety
7. Review of recent developments in conformity assessment and accreditation	Mr. Gabriel Barta, Secretary of the Market Strategy Board, International Electrotechnical Commission	Update from the IEC Secretariat
8. Market surveillance	Ms. Kvetoslava Steinlova, Head, EU Affairs department, Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing & Chairperson, UNECE Advisory Group on Market Surveillance (MARS)	8th meeting of the MARS Group, Bratislava
	Mr. Ivan Hendrikx, Coordinator, General Market Surveillance Initiative & Independent consultant and expert, Market Surveillance	A proposed sub-procedure: Sampling techniques used in market surveillance actions
	Mr. Willem Kool, Coordinator, UNECE Project on Market Surveillance Definitions & Assistant Director, International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)	Proposal for development of the project on “Market Surveillance Definitions”
9. Metrology	Mr. Willem Kool, Coordinator, UNECE Project on Market Surveillance Definitions & Assistant Director, International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)	Update on OIML activities

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Report of the Session
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2010/20

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