Workshop on New Approach Directives for the Engineering Industry Standardisation and the role of ass

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Workshop on New Approach Directives for the
Engineering IndustryStandardisation and the
role of associations
Haimo HuhleORGALIME / ZVEITechnical Legislation
and Standardisation
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Relevance for (electro)industry

• European electrical and electronic industry
  requests international standards of IEC
• to sell their products according to one standard
  in as many countries as possible
• One standard one test accepted everywhere
• Dresden Agreement between between IEC and CLC
  has high importance.
• Prerequisites Global relevance of standards but
  no essential differents in requirements.
• Common regulatory objectives of the states is
  the goal.

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Relevance for (electro)industry
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International cooperation of the standardisation
bodies
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Participation in standardisation
in Germany for the EE industry
New standard is required by the market
Request to National Committee(in Germany DKE)
Examination by DKE
International work item in IEC
European work item in CENELEC
National work item in DKE
TC elaborates draft
TC elaborates draft
National committee elaborates draft
Public consultation
Parallel enquiry
Parallel enquiry
comments
comments
Parallel voting
Parallel voting
German DIN Standard
European CENELEC Standard
International IEC standard
Adoption
Adoption
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Participation in electrotechnical
standardisationExample Germany

• DKE has 3.500 experts in 130 committees and 160
  subcommittees.
• Ca. 0,075 of a companys turnover is invested
  in standardisation.
• This sums up to an amount of ca. 120 million
  Euros per year in DE.
• Standardisation is regarded as an economic
  factor.
• ZVEI has the mandate to nominate technical
  experts for electroindustry to the DKE.
• DKE nominates out of their committee members the
  experts for IEC and CLC TCs.

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Participation in electrotechnical
standardisationExample ORGALIME

• ORGALIME sends an observer to CENELEC BT
  meetings
• The industry view on hot issues in CENELEC BT
  meetings is prepared in ORGALIMEs Technical
  Coordinating Committee
• ORGALIME has signed a MoU with CENELEC in order
  to enhance cooperation
• Regular policy talks started this year in April
• Issues Future Landscape of European
  standardisation, the role of the new
  deliverables, ORGALIME position on
  standardisation,

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Industry participates in two ways

• Industry participation in standardisation is
  necessary to defend the interests.
• In most cases industry cooperates contructively
  to find the best solutions.
• In some cases it is necessary to articulate
  strong opposition.
• Typical example Management System Standards.

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Management system standards

• They usually end up in a certification system
  which costs lots of money while the value of
  these certificates is often more than low and
  restricts the freedom to find solutions
  appropriate for the very company.
• In contrast, product standards help companies to
  cooperate and save costs while keeping the
  competition for the best product, management
  system standards bring competition to a field
  which does not help the customer and raise the
  costs.

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Thank you ...
for listening and asking questions.