Twenty-sixth Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)
Twenty-sixth Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)
Introduction
The 26th Annual Session of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) took place from 30 November 2016 to 2 December 2016.
Three mini-workshops were held as part of the session on:
- The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: what role for standards and regulatory cooperation?
- Managing risks, managing development
- International regulatory cooperation: the experience of members
The session additionally discussed and adopted recommendation on “Applying predictive risk management tools for targeted market surveillance”.
Main outcomes of the meeting:
The Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies revised two and adopted one new Recommendation at its 2016 session.
The new recommendation provides guidance to member states in using risk management tools for the identificatiion of non-compliant products and businesses. The two revised ones facilitate international trade by avoiding the duplication of conformity assessment procedures which are not justified on grounds of safety and public health.
The Working Party launched a new initiative on "Mainstreaming a gender perspective in standards and technical regulations" to enhance the use of standards and technical regulations as tools for implementation of SDG Goal 5, and more specifically Goal 5.5: "Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life".
Additionally at the session a study on the International Regulatory Activities of the UNECE was published. It showcases examples of successful UNECE tools, reviews the formal and informal processes of developing them, highlights their impact, key factors of success and future challenges
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| Item 1: Adoption of the agenda | |||
| Annotated provisional agenda ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/1 |
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| Item 2: Election of Officers | |||
| Item 3: Mini-workshop on “Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: what role for standards and regulatory cooperation?” | |||
| Contribution of the WP.6 to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2015/3 |
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| The “Gender Dimension of Standards and Technical Regulations” ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/3 |
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| Item 4: Matters arising and programme of work | |||
| (a) Report of the past session and intersessional developments | |||
| Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-fifth session ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2015/2 | |||
| (b) Reports by other UNECE bodies of potential interest to the Working Party | |||
| (c) Adoption of the Working Party’s intersessional implementation plan | |||
| Draft programme of work of the trade subprogramme for 2016-2017 ECE/CTCS/2015/7 |
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| Draft intersessional implementation plan for the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/13 |
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| Item 5: Risk management in regulatory systems | |||
| Risk Management in Regulatory Frameworks ECE/TRADE/390 |
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(a) Mini-workshop on risk management in support of regulatory action |
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| (b) Report from Group of Experts on Managing Risks in Regulatory Systems (GRM Group) | |||
| Progress report on the activities of the Group of Experts on Managing Risks in Regulatory Systems (GRM) ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/4 |
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| (c) Discussion on the draft Recommendation S on “Applying predictive risk management tools for targeted market surveillance” | |||
| Draft Recommendation on “Applying predictive risk management tools for targeted market surveillance" ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/7 |
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| Item 6: International regulatory cooperation | |||
| (a) Mini-workshop on international regulatory cooperation: the experience of members | |||
| Regulatory Cooperation: A Wikihow ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2015/7 |
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| (b) Regional developments | |||
| (c) Sectoral projects | |||
| Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Telecom ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/8 |
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| Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Earth-Moving Machinery (EMM) ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/9 |
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| Progress report on the sectoral initiative on Equipment for Explosive Environments (SIEEE) ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/10 |
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| Progress report on the sectoral initiative on the Safety of Pipelines (SIPS) ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/11 |
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| Item 7: Standardization and regulatory practice | |||
| (a) Review of developments in standardization | |||
| (b) Education on standards-related issues | |||
| Item 8: Review of recent developments in conformity assessment and accreditation | |||
| (a) Recent developments in conformity assessment | |||
| (b) Discussion on revision of Recommendation F and Recommendation G | |||
| Proposed revised recommendation F on “Creation and Promotion of International Agreements on Conformity Assessment” ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/5 |
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| Proposed revised recommendation G on “Acceptance of Conformity Assessment Results” ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/6 |
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| Item 9: Market surveillance | |||
| (a) Report from the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance | |||
| Report of the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance, its activities and its meetings ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/12 |
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| (b) The Market Surveillance Model Initiative | |||
| The General Market surveillance model concept ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/11 |
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| Draft guide to the use of the General Market Surveillance Model ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2009/12 |
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| (c) Common definitions and terminology in market surveillance | |||
| Glossary of Market Surveillance Terms ECE/TRADE/389 |
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| (d) Update on the development of the Global Market Surveillance database | |||
| Item 10: Metrology | |||
| Item 11: Capacity-building | |||
| Item 12: Other business | |||
| Item 13: Adoption of the report | |||
| Report of the Session ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/2 |
Presentations - 30 November 2016
| Opening addresses |
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Mini–workshop on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: what role for standards and regulatory cooperation? |
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Opening panel: The contribution of standards and regulatory cooperation to sustainable development |
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Panel discussion: Standards for Goal 5: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls |
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Panel discussion: Standards for Goal 12: "Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns" - the case of the textile industry |
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Presentations - 1 December 2016
| Welcome message |
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Matters arising and the Working Party’s programme of work |
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| Draft programme of work of the trade sub-programme fro 2016-2017 |
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| Reports by the other UNECE bodies of interest to the Working Party |
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| Report of the past session and intersessional developments and on WP.6 intersessional implementation plan |
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| Mini–workshop on Risk management in regulatory systems | |
| Opening panel |
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| Discussion on the draft Recommendation S on "Applying predictive risk management tools for targeted market surveillance" |
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| Proposal for a thematic meeting of the GRM Group |
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| Mini–workshop on International Regulatory Cooperation | |
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Panel discussion on: 1) Members’ experience in using standards to overcome technical barriers to trade 2) The role of International Organizations in regulatory cooperation 3) How can UNECE International Model (Recommendation L) contribute to regulatory cooperation? |
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| Sectoral projects | |
| Telecom |
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| Earth-Moving Machinery (EMM) |
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| Equipment for Explosive Environment (SIEEE) |
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| Safety of Pipelines |
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| Metrology | |
| Recent developments in metrology |
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Presentations - 2 December 2016
| Review of recent developments in standardization | |
| The EU " Joint Inititive on Standardization" |
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| The Frankfurt Agreement |
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| Contribution of standards to sustainable development |
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| Education on standards-related issues | |
| WP.6 START-Ed initiative on standards and standards-related issues |
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Review of recent developments in conformity assessment and accreditation |
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| Review of recent developments at national and international level |
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| Discussion on revision of Recommendations F and G |
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Recommendation F “Creation and Promotion of International Agreements on Conformity Assessment ” and Recommendation G “Acceptance of Conformity Assessment Results” |
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| Update from the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance (MARS Group) | |
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Report of the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance, its activities and its meetings |
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| Capacity-building | |
| Results of the needs assessment studies undertaken by the Secretariat on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade |
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