Transcript OECD Presentation

Global Initiatives of Interest
Presentation to ANSI CMCEC
OECD and UN/ECE
George Willingmyre
June 12, 2001
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Structure Of The
Presentation
• OECD Trade Committee…regulatory
reform
• OECD activity Codes of Practice for
Ecommerce and privacy
• OECD work on Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises
• UN/ECE WP6 on Technical Harmonization
and Standards Policies
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OECD Study on Standards-related
Trade Barriers: Sector Study on
Telecommunication Terminal
Equipment
Project of the Trade Committee continuing work
on regulatory harmonization described at
http://www.oecd.org//ech/1617%20march%202000/documentation-eng.htm
US Participates through USTR…FCC for this
project
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Potential for International Co-operation and Reduction of Trade
Barriers arising from Technical Requirements and Conformity
Assessment procedures in the Telecommunications Sector in
February, 2001. This report is available at
http://www.gtwassociates.com/alerts/Feb6OECD.pdf
Standards-Related Barriers and Trade Liberalisation:
Telecommunications Sector Study- Interim Report available at
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2001doc.nsf/linkto/td-tcwp(2001)11-rev1
WTO Committee on Expansion of Trade in Information
Technology Products (ITA Committee) examining the
economic and developmental impact of Non tariff trade
measures on trade in ITA products (see
http://www.wto.org/wto/english/news_e/pres00_e/pr198_e.htm)
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GTW findings
• The Telecommunications ITA definitional scope of the effort
could be expanded to include Information and
Communications Technology products
• Costs of meeting technical regulations and related
standards in the global telecommunications market are
hard to quantify but are significant.
• many strong "best practice" examples ( Declarenet; South
Africa test acceptance)
• major distinction between the Technical Regulations and
standards applicable to products and the conformity
assessment requirements (Mature vs Immature)
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OECD Interim Report
The analysis so far has identified three areas
that appear to be candidates for international
harmonisation: Electrical Safety, EMC and
Avoidance of Radio Interference.
OECD Members covered in this study tend to
use international standards in their technical
regulations on Electrical Safety and EMC, while
many challenges remain for achieving
international harmonisation in other areas
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ICSCA on OECD
ICSCA VII welcomes the OECD ongoing initiative on
Potential for International Co-operation and Reduction
of Trade Barriers arising from Technical Requirements
and Conformity Assessment procedures and
encourages OECD to expand the scope of the project
to include Information Technology products in order
that the OECD work will have the greatest positive
impact on the ongoing WTO ITA initiative on NTMs.
ICSCA members offer their continued cooperation for
further OECD efforts in this regard including potential
for additional product sectors.
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OECD Committee for
Information Computer and
Communications Policy
US participates though the Department of State and FTC
also involved. Industry participates through the
Business Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
Existing OECD Guidelines for privacy are basis for
numerous standards initiatives. Current OECD focus to
survey and inventory codes of practice and marks of
conformity
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Government
6%
Public sector
authorities (other than
Government)
6%
Private sector/industry
18%
Other industry
associations
4%
Professional
associations
2%
Telco/communications
Internet industry
associations
association or
4%
representatives
12%
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Business or
commerce
associations, councils
10%
Consumer protection
associations
8%
Specific accreditation
bodies (other than
DMAs)
10%
Direct
marketing/distance
selling associations
20%
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OECD Guidelines for
Multinational Enterprises
http://www.oecd.org/daf/investment/guidelines/mnetext.htm
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Companies will meet "agreed or legally required
standards for consumer health and safety..."
While "voluntary"... Consumerist/labor pressure on
the State Department to gear up and staff a "US
enquiry point" for addressing allegations from
"interested parties" that US companies are not
meeting the Guidelines.
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The United Nations
Economic Commission for
Europe UN/ECE
is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. Its
55 member States include western, central and eastern
Europe as well as Israel, the United States and Canada
Participation is through government membership…NIST in the
US
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The UN/ECE Working Party on Technical
Harmonization and Standardization Policies WP6
an ad hoc team of specialists on STandardization And Regulatory Techniques
“START” established in 1999 to provide guidance for good regulatory
practice and a mechanism for voluntary cooperation between regulatory
authorities, standardizers and industry, so that legislation could make
appropriate use of international standards.
“START Team” prepared an "International Model for implementing good
regulatory practice in the preparation, adoption and application of technical
regulations via the use of international standards“
November, 2000 Workshop with private sector participation.
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UN/ECE November 7, 2000
Workshop
•UN/ECE WP 6 calls on UN/ECE Governments and international
organizations:
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to show their commitment to the facilitation of international
trade by wider participation in international regulatory cooperation
and international standardization and effective implementation of
the results;
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to encourage effective coordination and cooperation between
Governments and regulatory authorities and economic operators,
and different international organizations and intergovernmental
forums and to follow up on practical proposals on regulatory
cooperation, in particular sectors/product areas;
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to involve, where appropriate, private-sector representatives in
such activities thus promoting a public-private partnership
approach.
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ICSCA on UN/ECE
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ICSCA VII thanks UN/ECE Working Party 6 on Technical Harmonization
and Standardization Policies for the opportunity to participate in its
November 7 Workshop and plenary discussion 6 & 8. ICSCA endorses
the November 7 Workshop conclusion: with respect to private sector
participation
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ICSCA VII urges UN/ECE WP 6 to adopt this approach in its further work
on an “International Model for Implementing Good Regulatory Practice
for the preparation adoption and application of technical regulations via
the use of International Standards.”
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