CEN/CLC Guide 13:2007

The concept of the Partner Standardization Body of CEN and CENELEC

CEN/CLC guide approved by AG Resolution 11/2007

Koncept partnerskega standardizacijskega organa CEN in CENELEC

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Aug-2007
• Technical Committee: CLC AG - THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Completion Date: 24-Aug-2007
• Ref Project: SIST-V CEN/CLC Guide 13:2009 - The concept of the Partner Standardization Body of CEN and CENELEC

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-V CEN/CLC Guide 13:2009
01-september-2009
Koncept partnerskega standardizacijskega organa CEN in CENELEC
The concept of the Partner Standardization Body of CEN and CENELEC
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/CLC Guide 13:2007
ICS:
01.120 Standardizacija. Splošna Standardization. General
pravila rules
SIST-V CEN/CLC Guide 13:2009 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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CEN/CENELEC Guide 13


The concept of
Partner Standardization Body
with CEN and CENELEC






















The present guide defines the status of Partner Standardization Body, presents the conditions for granting that
status, describes the rights and obligations of Partner Standardization Bodies of CEN and/or CENELEC, and
indicates the principles and information sources for the calculation of the annual fee. The General Assemblies
of CEN and CENELEC approved the second edition of this Guide in 2008. This Guide replaces any CEN
document agreed prior to this date.

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European Committee for European Committee for
Standardization Electrotechnical
Standardization

Rue de Stassartstraat, 36 Rue de Stassartstraat, 35
B – 1050 Brussels B – 1050 Brussels

Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
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Introduction to the CEN and CENELEC models
of cooperation with third country
or regional standardization bodies
Besides their dedication and commitment to international standardization through their memberships
and the Vienna and Dresden agreements, CEN and CENELEC as European Regional
Standardization bodies have always been open for cooperation/collaboration with other
standardization bodies worldwide, since they clearly acknowledge the importance of the European
Standards they develop for trade and welfare inside as well as outside the European Economic
Area.
CEN and CENELEC recognize that the cooperation/collaboration with third country National
Standardization Bodies (NSBs) or with regional standardization bodies may take several shapes
depending on their links with Europe, their wish to participate in technical activities and their interest
in the results of the European Standardization process. In that respect CEN and CENELEC are
proposing four different models of cooperation:
For NSBs in third countries the concepts of:
 Affiliation,
 Standardization Partnership (PSB),
 Agreement;
for the regional grouping of those NSBs:
 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The AFFILIATION is open for an NSB/NC member of ISO or IEC respectively which represents or
has the ambition to represent all parties concerned in an evolving market industry. They belong to a
EU neighbouring country which has links with EU or EFTA in relation to technical scientific political
and social conditions. The details regarding this status are given in CEN/CENELEC Guide 12.
The STANDARDIZATION PARTNERSHIP is offered to an NSB/NC member of ISO or IEC
respectively, which represents or has the ambition to represent all parties concerned in an evolving
market economy of a country which cannot obtain the status of CEN or CENELEC Member nor the
status of CEN or CENELEC Affiliate. The details regarding this PSB status are given in the present
CEN/CENELEC Guide 13.
The AGREEMENT is offered to any kind of NSB not desiring to become Affiliate or PSB but
interested in developing official relations with CEN and/or CENELEC. This model of cooperation
may comprise elements such as exchange of information, transfer of knowledge, cooperation in
standardization activities and bodies.
The MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is a tool established to start official cooperation
relations with recognized Regional Groupings of third country NSBs.


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CONTENTS
1 Historical background . 7
2 Definition of Partner Standardization Body . 7
3 Conditions for granting the status of Partner Standardization Body . 7
4 Rights and obligations of Partner Standardization Bodies . 8
5 Fees for Partner Standardization Bodies . 9
Annex 1 Basic rights and obligations of Partner Standardization Bodies .10
Annex 2 Agreement on the conditions to be respected by a Partner Standardization Body
when implementing a European Standard (EN) .11
Annex 3 Exploitation Agreement to be respected by Partner Standardization Body .13




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1 Historical background
The significance of European Standards is growing not only because there is a link with EU policies
but first of all because European Standards reflect a high quality regarding key issues such as
safety, health and environment.
As a result CEN and CENELEC receive increasing requests for establishing a formal relationship
with National Standards Bodies not likely to become CEN/CENELEC Members.
Depending on the countries and while recognizing the values of international standardization led by
ISO/IEC, CEN and CENELEC have developed several options for collaboration. One of them is the
concept of Partner Standardization Body (PSB). A summary table describing the aspects
characterizing the PSB concept is reproduced in Annex 1.
2 Definition of Partner Standardization Body
The status of Partner Standardization Body with CEN is available to a National Standards Body,
which is a member (or corresponding member) of the ISO, and which represents or has the ambition
to represent all parties concerned in an evolving market economy of a country which is not eligible
for obtaining the status of CEN National Member or CEN Affiliate.
The status of Partner Standardization Body with CENELEC is available to a National
Electrotechnical Committee, which is a member (or associate member) of the IEC, and which
represents or has the ambition to represent all parties concerned in an evolving market economy of
a country which is not eligible for obtaining the status of CENELEC National Committee or
CENELEC Affiliate.
3 Conditions for granting the status of Partner Standardization Body
In the spirit of the definition above, the following conditions shall be met by an applicant for the
PSB status:
 recognized as the only National Standards Body/National Electrotechnical Committee from the
country,
 member or corresponding member of the ISO/member or associate member of the IEC,
 registered in the ISO/IEC List of Standardizing Bodies having notified acceptance of the WTO
Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards,
 readiness to accept reciprocity as far as participation in Technical Bodies is concerned.
From a procedural perspective, the candidate organization shall submit to the CEN Secretary
General/CENELEC Director General a written application to become a PSB, in which it shows proof of
its compliance with the above conditions. The application is referred to the pertinent Administrative
Board (CA) and is granted on an unanimous decision of the National Members of CEN and/or National
Committees of CENELEC, either in a statutory meeting or by correspondence. The decision also
specifies the commencement date for the PSB status.


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4 Rights and obligations of Partner Standardization Bodies
4.1 Rights
 To participate without voting rights, in the General Assembly (AG) of CEN and/or CENELEC
and, with the agreement of AG, in identified bodies with an open character;
 To participate in Technical Bodies as an observer. Requests for such participation should be
addressed to the CEN Management Center (CMC) and/or CENELEC Central Secretariat (CS),
which will provide access to the relevant document server and inform the Technical Body of this
observership. This right is subject to the approval of the Technical Body concerned;
 To reproduce and sell, within its own country, the drafts stemming from those Technical Bodies
where they have observership and which are submitted to Enquiry, UAP and Formal Vote;
 To implement European Standards (EN) as national standards in its own language or in one of
the official languages of CEN and CENELEC and to withdraw conflicting national standards –
see Annex 2 for the Agreement on the conditions to be respected by a PSB when implementing
a European Standard (EN). The supply of the texts of the ratified European Standards, as well
as of Harmonization Documents (HD), Technical Specifications (TS), Technical Reports (TR)
and Workshop Agreements (CWA), will start at the commencement date of the PSB status and
does normally not include the supply of previously issued publications,
 To sell ENs not adopted as national standards by arrangement with one or more CEN National
Members or CENELEC National Committees in accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Guide 10
“Guidelines for the distribution and sales of CEN/CENELEC publications”;
 To receive and sell corporate publications of CEN and/or CENELEC, in accordance with CEN
and/or CENELEC practices. These publications include amongst others the Catalogue, the
Guides, the Internal Regulations, as well as Press Releases (freely reproducible with source
acknowledgement) and any future corporate publication.
4.2 Obligations
 To commit to comply with the rules set or to be set in the future by the CEN Statutes and/or
CENELEC Articles of Association, the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations and other relevant
resolutions taken by the General Assembly and Administrative Board of CEN and/or
CENELEC, including financial obligations;
 To endeavour to implement the ENs, developed by the Technical Bodies in which the PSB
participates, as national standards, in accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
Part 2 and to withdraw conflicting national standards;
 To notify all national implementations of ENs to the CEN Management Center and/or
CENELEC Central Secretariat;
 To strictly apply CEN/CENELEC Guide 10 “Guidelines for the distribution and sales of
CEN/CENELEC Publications”;
 To respect the agreements established between CEN and ISO and/or between CENELEC and
IEC;
 To notify to the Secretariat of the CEN and/or CENELEC Technical Bodies in which the PSB
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 To sign and abide by the terms of the Agreement on the conditions to be respected by the PSB
when implementing a European Standard (EN) (see Annex 2);
 To sign and abide by the terms of the binding Agreement for the distribution and sales of
publications of CEN and/or CENELEC (see Annex 3).
5 Fees for Partner Standardization Bodies
Among the obligations, mention is made of the financial obligations. These include the payment by
the PSB of a base fee and of a service fee, decided annually by the General Assembly of CEN
(CEN/AG) and/or CENELEC (CENELEC/AG) by meeting or by correspondence. The decision of the
General Assembly shall be based on the following calculation principles.
The base fee
 shall be the multiplication of a financial unit, decided annually by the General Assembly, with a
correcting factor linked to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices in US dollars of
the country of the (candidate) PSB,
 shall not exceed the contribution unit used for the calculation of the individual financial
contribution of the Members,
 the correcting factors are as follows:
GDP Intervals (in million USD) Correcting factor
0 - 20 000 1
20 000 - 60 000 1,5
60 000 - 250 000 2
250 000 - 1 000 000 2,5
1 000 000 - 1 500 000 3
> 1 500 000 3,5
The service fee
 paid according to the number of Technical bodies in which the PSB participates,
 the three first participations in Technical Bodies being free.
NOTE 1 The application for PSB status of the standardization bodies of the identified countries has raised the
need to clarify both the sources of information regarding the Gross Domestic Product (GPD) of the candidates in
order to ensure transparency and homogeneity, and the possible mechanisms of revision of the factors applied to
the eligible countries.
Taking into account that the official statistics of the European Commission are referred only to countries members
of the European Union or candidates to the European Union, the database of the World Bank was chosen as the
source of information for the GDP figures.
NOTE 2 Notwithstanding the ratio of economic growth of their countries, it appears that the correcting factor of
the (candidate) PSBs will remain stable for a longer period of time, requiring only a check of the evolution of the
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Annex 1

Basic rights and obligations of Partner Standardization Bodies
A national organization entrusted with standardization, in a country which is not
Definition
eligible for obtaining the status of CEN/CENELEC National Member or Affiliate
 The only national, recognized organization in the country
 Member of ISO and/or IEC
Criteria
 Acceptance of the WTO Code of Practice for the preparation, adoption and
application of standards
 Reciprocal participation in Technical Bodies
 To participate without voting rights, in the General Assembly (AG), and identified
bodies with an open character
 To participate in agreed Technical Bodies as an observer
 To reproduce and sell, within its own country, drafts stemming from those Technical
Bodies where they have observership and which are submitted to Enquiry, UAP and
Formal Vote
Rights
 To implement ENs as national standards and withdraw conflicting national standards
 To sell ENs, not adopted as national standards, by arrangement with one or more
CEN National Members or CENELEC National Committees, in accordance with the
CEN/CENELEC Guide 10 (Guidelines for the distribution and sales of
CEN/CENELEC publications)
 To receive and sell corporate publications of CEN and/or CENELEC in accordance
with the CEN/CENELEC Guide 10
 To commit to comply with the rules set by the CEN Statutes and/or CENELEC
Articles of Association, the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations and other relevant
resolutions taken by the General Assembly and Administrative Board of CEN and/or
CENELEC, including financial obligations
 To endeavour to implement ENs, developed by Technical Bodies in which it
participates, as national standards and to withdraw conflicting national standards
 To notify all national implementations of ENS to the CEN Management Centre (CMC)
and/or the CENELEC Central Secretariat
 To strictly apply CEN/C
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