Salle XI, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The 20th 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:
PANEL SESSION:"RISK Management in Regulatory System", 1 November 2010 from 10.00 am. to 13.00 pm.
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Report of the Meeting of WP.6 Bureau, Rapporteurs and Coordinators, “START” Team and “MARS” Group (Stockholm, 7-11 June 2010) | ||||
Item 4 - Risk management in regulatory systems | ||||
Risk assessment and management in the activities of the Working Party | ||||
Risk management in regulatory systems: A proposed methodology | ||||
Risk management in regulatory systems: A proposed survey | ||||
Proposed Group of Experts on Risk Managment in Regulatory Systems | - | - | ||
Item 5 - Standardization and regulatory practice | ||||
Compilation of regulatory developments | ||||
Modalities for improving information sharing on technical regulations | ||||
Report on regulatory developments in the chemical industry and its influence on trade | ||||
(a) Review of developments | ||||
(b) Development and update of recommendations on regulatory cooperation and standardization policies | ||||
UNECE Recommendations on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies | ||||
Proposed revision of Recommendation D, “Reference to Standards” | ||||
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) | ||||
(a) Regional projects | ||||
(b) Sectoral projects | ||||
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Telecom | ||||
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Earth-Moving Machinery | ||||
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Explosive Environments Equipment (1 September 2010, Berlin) | - | - | ||
Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Pipeline Safety | ||||
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) | - | |||
List of market surveillance authorities in UNECE member States with their respective competences | ||||
(b) Update on the Market Surveillance Model Initiative | ||||
Market surveillance general concept and how it relates to the activities of the Working Party | ||||
Draft guide to the use of the General Market Surveillance Model | - | |||
(c) Common definitions and terminology in Market Surveillance | ||||
Second draft of the common definitions and terminology in market surveillance | ||||
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 | ||||
Evaluation of the Working Party | ||||
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 | |
| Mr. Ivar Jachwitz, Chairperson, External Relations Committee CEN-CENELEC-ETSI | |
| Mr. Bardo Schettini, Director - Corporate Policy, CEN-CENELEC Management Centre | CEN and CENELEC - Cooperation in European Standardization and the future challenges
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| Mr. Milan Holeček, President, Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing | |
| Mr. Evgeny Petrosyan, Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Technical Regulations and Metrology, Russian Federation | |
| 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 | |
| Mrs. Veronika Nikishina, Deputy Director, | 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 | |
| Mr. Dan Roley, Chairman, ISO/TC127, Standards Manager in Caterpillar | |
| Mr. Frank Lienesch, Arbeitsgruppe 3.72 "Explosionsgeschützte elektrische Antriebssysteme" PTB, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany | |
| Ms. Nadezhda Volkova, Research-Training Center - Testing and Diagnostics | |
7. Review of recent developments in conformity assessment and accreditation | Mr. Gabriel Barta, Secretary of the Market Strategy Board, International Electrotechnical Commission | |
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) | |
| 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) |
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