[OpenID board] Adoption of Annex 3 of WTO TBT Agreement

Sun Jun 23 21:07:17 UTC 2013

OIDF Board 

Please note the thread below as a reminder and background for OIDF Board discussions in Napa on July 8.

I propose the current agenda be modified from:
> 5.           ISO Application Status
> 

To the following:

	     5.   Discuss OIDF organizational liaison relationships with ISO, IETF and other Standard Development Organizations

Don Thibeau
The OpenID Foundation

On May 14, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Nat Sakimura wrote:

> <chair hat off>
> 
> This has been in my backlog sometimes but NSTIC IDESG Standards Adoption Criteria distributed today reminded me of this. 
> 
> In WTO TBT Agreement, there is an annex describing what an standardization organization should do. As an individual board member (not as a chairman), I feel strongly that we should adopt it. 
> 
> The procedure is in the following steps. 
> 
> (1) Board approve the adoption of Annex 3 of WTO TBT Agreement
> (2) Send the required information stated in clause C to ISO/IEC Information Center in Geneva. 
> (3) Publish programme of work in accordance to Clause J and send it to ISO/IEC Information Center in Geneva
> (4) Participate in international standardization body, which probably means ISO/IEC JTC1 SC27/WG5, i.e., sending liaison statement to them. 
> 
> Other requirements are fulfilled as is, as I interpret. 
> So our new burden is really just a registration at ISO and sending a programme of work and a liaison statement (perhaps we may need to appoint a liaison officer as a point of contact). 
> 
> I believe it is a no-brainer and we do not have to wait till the next F2F, that we could convene a e-vote. 
> 
> The proposed resolution is: 
> WHEREAS fostering the interoperability among the standards is a mission of OIDF, be it 
> 
> RESOLVED that OpenID Foundation Adopt Annex 3 of WTO TBT Agreement. 
> 
> Annex 3: Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards back to top
> General Provisions
> 
> A.        For the purposes of this Code the definitions in Annex 1 of this Agreement shall apply.
> 
> B.        This Code is open to acceptance by any standardizing body within the territory of a Member of the WTO, whether a central government body, a local government body, or a non-governmental body; to any governmental regional standardizing body one or more members of which are Members of the WTO; and to any non-governmental regional standardizing body one or more members of which are situated within the territory of a Member of the WTO (referred to in this Code collectively as “standardizing bodies” and individually as “the standardizing body”).
> 
> C.        Standardizing bodies that have accepted or withdrawn from this Code shall notify this fact to the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva. The notification shall include the name and address of the body concerned and the scope of its current and expected standardization activities. The notification may be sent either directly to the ISO/IEC Information Centre, or through the national member body of ISO/IEC or, preferably, through the relevant national member or international affiliate of ISONET, as appropriate.
> 
> 
> Annex 3: Substantive Provisions back to top
> D.        In respect of standards, the standardizing body shall accord treatment to products originating in the territory of any other Member of the WTO no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin and to like products originating in any other country.
> 
> E.        The standardizing body shall ensure that standards are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to, or with the effect of, creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade.
> 
> F.        Where international standards exist or their completion is imminent, the standardizing body shall use them, or the relevant parts of them, as a basis for the standards it develops, except where such international standards or relevant parts would be ineffective or inappropriate, for instance, because of an insufficient level of protection or fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems.
> 
> G.        With a view to harmonizing standards on as wide a basis as possible, the standardizing body shall, in an appropriate way, play a full part, within the limits of its resources, in the preparation by relevant international standardizing bodies of international standards regarding subject matter for which it either has adopted, or expects to adopt, standards. For standardizing bodies within the territory of a Member, participation in a particular international standardization activity shall, whenever possible, take place through one delegation representing all standardizing bodies in the territory that have adopted, or expect to adopt, standards for the subject matter to which the international standardization activity relates.
> 
> H.        The standardizing body within the territory of a Member shall make every effort to avoid duplication of, or overlap with, the work of other standardizing bodies in the national territory or with the work of relevant international or regional standardizing bodies. They shall also make every effort to achieve a national consensus on the standards they develop. Likewise the regional standardizing body shall make every effort to avoid duplication of, or overlap with, the work of relevant international standardizing bodies.
> 
> I.        Wherever appropriate, the standardizing body shall specify standards based on product requirements in terms of performance rather than design or descriptive characteristics.
> 
> J.        At least once every six months, the standardizing body shall publish a work programme containing its name and address, the standards it is currently preparing and the standards which it has adopted in the preceding period. A standard is under preparation from the moment a decision has been taken to develop a standard until that standard has been adopted. The titles of specific draft standards shall, upon request, be   provided in English, French or Spanish. A notice of the existence of the work programme shall be published in a national or, as the case may be, regional publication of standardization activities.
> 
> The work programme shall for each standard indicate, in accordance with any ISONET rules, the classification relevant to the subject matter, the stage attained in the standards development, and the references of any international standards taken as a basis. No later than at the time of publication of its work programme, the standardizing body shall notify the existence thereof to the ISO/IEC Information Centre in Geneva.
> 
> The notification shall contain the name and address of the standardizing body, the name and issue of the publication in which the work programme is published, the period to which the work programme applies, its price (if any), and how and where it can be obtained. The notification may be sent directly to the ISO/IEC Information Centre, or, preferably, through the relevant national member or international affiliate of ISONET, as appropriate.
> 
> K.        The national member of ISO/IEC shall make every effort to become a member of ISONET or to appoint another body to become a member as well as to acquire the most advanced membership type possible for the ISONET member. Other standardizing bodies shall make every effort to associate themselves with the ISONET member.
> 
> L.        Before adopting a standard, the standardizing body shall allow a period of at least 60 days for the submission of comments on the draft standard by interested parties within the territory of a Member of the WTO. This period may, however, be shortened in cases where urgent problems of safety, health or environment arise or threaten to arise. No later than at the start of the comment period, the standardizing body shall publish a notice announcing the period for commenting in the publication referred to in paragraph J. Such notification shall include, as far as practicable, whether the draft standard deviates from relevant international standards.
> 
> M.        On the request of any interested party within the territory of a Member of the WTO, the standardizing body shall promptly provide, or arrange to provide, a copy of a draft standard which it has submitted for comments. Any fees charged for this service shall, apart from the real cost of delivery, be the same for foreign and domestic parties.
> 
> N.        The standardizing body shall take into account, in the further processing of the standard, the comments received during the period for commenting. Comments received through standardizing bodies that have accepted this Code of Good Practice shall, if so requested, be replied to as promptly as possible. The reply shall include an explanation why a deviation from relevant international standards is necessary.
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> O.        Once the standard has been adopted, it shall be promptly published.
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> P.        On the request of any interested party within the territory of a Member of the WTO, the standardizing body shall promptly provide, or arrange to provide, a copy of its most recent work programme or of a standard which it produced. Any fees charged for this service shall, apart from the real cost of delivery, be the same for foreign and domestic parties.
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> Q.        The standardizing body shall afford sympathetic consideration to, and adequate opportunity for, consultation regarding representations with respect to the operation of this Code presented by standardizing bodies that have accepted this Code of Good Practice. It shall make an objective effort to solve any complaints.
> 
> 
> http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/17-tbt_e.htm
> -- 
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> Chairman, OpenID Foundation
> http://nat.sakimura.org/
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