- 1. ISONET members shall transmit to the ISO/IEC Information Centre
in Geneva the notifications referred to in paragraphs C and J of the
Code of good practice for the preparation, adoption and application
of standards in Annex 3 to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade, in the manner indicated there;
- 2. the following (alpha)numeric classification systems shall be used in the work programmes mentioned above:
- (a) a standards classification system which would allow
standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in
the work programme an (alpha)numeric indication of the subject
matter;
- (b) a stage code system which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme in paragraph J of Annex 3 an (alpha)numeric indication of the stage of development of the standard; for this purpose, at least five stages of development should be distinguished: (1) the stage at which the decision to develop a standard has been taken, but technical work has not yet begun; (2) the stage at which technical work has begun, but the period for the submission of comments has not yet started; (3) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has started, but has not yet been completed; (4) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has been completed, but the standard has not yet been adopted; and (5) the stage at which the standard has been adopted;
- (c) an identification system covering all international standards which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme an (alpha)numeric indication of the international standard(s) used as a basis;
- (b) a stage code system which would allow standardizing bodies to give for each standard mentioned in the work programme in paragraph J of Annex 3 an (alpha)numeric indication of the stage of development of the standard; for this purpose, at least five stages of development should be distinguished: (1) the stage at which the decision to develop a standard has been taken, but technical work has not yet begun; (2) the stage at which technical work has begun, but the period for the submission of comments has not yet started; (3) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has started, but has not yet been completed; (4) the stage at which the period for the submission of comments has been completed, but the standard has not yet been adopted; and (5) the stage at which the standard has been adopted;
- 3. the ISO/IEC Information Centre shall promptly convey to the WTO Secretariat copies of any notifications referred to in paragraph C of the Code of good practice;
- 4. the ISO/IEC Information Centre shall regularly publish the information received in the notifications made to it under paragraphs C and J of the Code of good practice; this publication, for which a reasonable fee may be charged, shall be available to ISONET members and through the WTO Secretariat, to the Members of the WTO.
- 2. the following (alpha)numeric classification systems shall be used in the work programmes mentioned above:
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PROPOSED UNDERSTANDING ON WTO-ISO STANDARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM
Ministers recommend that the WTO Secretariat reach an understanding with the ISO to establish an information system under which: