Transcript LIAISON REPORT from CEN/TC 12

LIAISON REPORT from CEN/TC 12
G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011
APOLOGIES
Having prior engagements for this current week, I am sorry not to be
able to attend your important meeting. Please accept my apologies and
welcome the previous Chair of CEN/TC 12, Mr. Alain Loppinet, who has
accepted to represent me.
Gilles Trican
G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011
CEN/TC 12 SCOPE AND GOAL
Materials, equipment and offshore structures for
petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries
TITLE:
SCOPE: CEN/TC 12 scope is nearly identical to ISO/TC 67 scope,
but excludes what is covered by CEN/TC 234 (i.e. gas distribution).
NOTES :
a)
The standardization within CEN/TC 12 is to be achieved
wherever possible by adoption of ISO/TC 67 standards.
b)
National adoption of each one of CEN/TC 12 standards is
mandatory in each one of the 30 member countries.
MOTTO :
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GLOBAL STANDARDS USED LOCALLY WORLDWIDE
CEN/TC 12 WORK PROGRAM
• more than 60 Work Items
• Already published standards:
125 EN ISO (Identical) published standards
+
14 being adopted
+
6 EN (ISO modified) standards
(exclusion of gas infrastructure industries)
+
1 CEN TR 15549 (piping + ASME B31-3 + PED )
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PLENARY MEETING
Next plenary meeting of CEN/TC 12 will be held in Brussels (Belgium)
on the 9th and 10th of February, 2012.
A number of interesting issues will be discussed then. Several of them
are linked to regulations.
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Working with European Regulations
 A new version of the ‘European Project Leader
(EPL) Manual’ was published and distributed in
2010.
 We encourage everyone to use this valuable tool,
and to make sure that on each project, an EPL has
been identified.
 An “EPL” workshop will be organised in order to
help training new EPLs.
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EPL
The « EPL manual » clearly defines role and responsibilities of
the EPL : Ensuring that both Environmental aspects and
Regulatory aspects of the project have been checked.
Making sure there are no contradiction with any applicable
Directive is -as of today- the main task of an EPL.
Demonstrating that the EN ISO project is in full compliance
with all the requirements of any applicable Directive has not yet
been expected from an EPL, but could be in the future.
A specific “European Annex” can be drafted within an ISO
standard to fit the needs of European stakeholders.
European annex of ISO/DIS 3183 (Line Pipe) is a good example.
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Working with Regulations
Following ‘recent industry events’, intense work has been
performed by the Oil & Gas industry, in particular with OGP.
European Regulators (i.e. European Commission) have launched
a number of actions, and in particular held a workshop in March
2011.
A Draft Mandate requesting a ‘programme of Harmonised
Standards (in full compliance with a Directive)’ has been issued
in September 2011, and commented by various CEN/TCs.
For CEN/TC 12, this can be useful if there is an added value for
Safety, but it is important that the present coherent set of EN
ISO standards giving technical integrity is not jeopardised by
modifications linked with harmonising.
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FUTURE EUROPEAN REGULATION
COMING FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 27.10.2011
Proposal for a :
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration
and production activities
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(3) This Regulation should apply not only to future installations and operations
but, subject to transitional arrangements, also to existing installations.
(13) Within the Union, there are already examples of good standards in national
regulatory practices related to offshore oil and gas activities. However, these
are inconsistently applied throughout the Union and no Member State has yet
incorporated all of the best regulatory practices in their legislation for preventing
major offshore accidents or limiting their consequences to persons and the
environment. Best regulatory practices are to secure effective regulation on
safety and environment by integrating related functions into a joint competent
authority ("the competent authority") that may draw resources from one or more
national agencies.
(25) To ensure safety in design and continuous safe operations, the industry is
required to follow the best available practices defined in authoritative standards
and guidance, and these require to be updated with new knowledge and
invention and pursuant to continuous improvement so that operators and
competent authorities should collaborate to establish priorities for the creation
of new or improved standards and guidance in the light of the Deepwater
Horizon accident experience and other significant offshore accidents, and
should commission the preparation of the highest
priority guidance and standards without delay.
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And more :
(26) In view of the complexity of offshore oil and gas operations, the
implementation of the best practices by the operators requires a scheme
of independent third party verification of safety critical elements.
(49) At Union level, it is important that technical standards are
complemented by a corresponding legal framework of product
safety legislation that apply to all offshore installations in Union waters, and
not just non-mobile production installations. The Commission should
therefore proceed with further analysis of the product safety standards
applicable to offshore oil and gas operations.
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CONCLUSION
The outcome of the 2 mentioned regulatory actions is not yet known,
but it is obvious that whenever standardisation work must be done,
applicable regulations have to be taken into account.
We hope to have a clearer picture by February next year.
G. Trican, Samara, Nov. 2011
CEN/TC 12
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
(and again to Alain Loppinet)
[email protected]
Secretary : [email protected]
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