Delegation of STANDARTINFORM presented by the Director General Viacheslav Vitushkin and Advisor to the Director General Yury Butyrev took part in the 55th session of technical commission on standardization and the 2nd session of working group on organization of work of interstate technical committees of the Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and certification (EASC) which was held on April 9-12, 2018.
This event was took place at the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk.
Representatives of 5 national bodies on standardization, metrology and certification of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Republic of Uzbekistan, CIS Executive Committee and EASC Bureau for standards examined 28 matters of the agenda and took consensual decisions on them.
Representatives of the Commission of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the use of atomic power for peaceful purposes, the Scientific-Practical Center for Foodstuffs of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, interstate technical committee 238 «Vegetable oils and their processed products», interstate technical committee 540 «Building materials and products» also participated in these events.
Discussion of distribution of the documents on interstate standardization was held with the participation of the Head of GOST R Alexey Abramov and Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus Victor Nazarenko. Director General of STANDARTINFORM Viacheslav Vitushkin also made a presentation during this session. Mechanism and periods for finalization of Draft Procedure of distribution of the documents on interstate standardization were also determined. It was planned to hold a working meeting of heads of organizations authorized to distribute documents on interstate standardization during the 53rd EASC session.
Lists of the documents on interstate standardization were formed for the purpose of their adoption/cancellation during the 53rd EASC session. Program of interstate standardization for 2016-2018 was specified and time frames for its forming during 2019-2021 for its adoption at the 54th EASC session were also defined. Time limits for development of fundamental standards on interstate standardization have also been established for the purpose of further examination of final drafts of the documents at the 56th session of technical commission on standardization. It was considered appropriate to place lists of translations of international and regional standards on the EASC site. Proposals of national bodies on standardization for clarification of candidatures of chairpersons and secretaries of series of interstate technical committees have also been agreed.
Working group on organization of work of interstate technical committees determined mechanism and periods for finalization of updating of indicator of an interstate technical committee. It was also agreed to develop draft single provision on interstate technical committees, hold extraordinary meetings in the form of web-conference for the purpose of improving the efficiency.
Russian delegation was headed by the Deputy Head of GOST R Anton Shalaev.
Next sessions of technical commission on standardization and session of working group of organization of work of interstate technical committees are scheduled to be held in October 2018.