TAIEX Workshop on Strengthening the Capacity for Participation

in International Standardization Process

organised in co-operation with State Committee for
Standardization, Metrology and Patent of the Republic of Azerbaijan

ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING OF

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Ramune Rukseniene
Head of Standardisation Division
Lithuanian Standards Board (LST)
Baku, 7 May 2012

Content

Overview of standards at international, European and

national level

Adoption of International Standards as regional or

national standards

Implementation of European Standards at national

level

Lithuanian experience in adopting International and

European Standards

What is a standard?

An agreed way of doing something

It is a document
voluntary in application
established by all interested parties
reflects consensus
approved by a recognized body
meant for common and repeated use
International Standards (ISO, IEC)
European Standards (EN)
National Standards (e.g. DIN, BS, LST, )

International Standard

A standard adopted by an international standards

organization (ISO, IEC) and responding to international
need

Available in 3 official languages of ISO and IEC: English,

French and Russian

Published International Standards are sold directly by ISO,

IEC or by its national members

ISO or IEC members are not obliged to adopt International

Standards as national standards

European Standards (EN)

A standard that has been ratified by one of the three

recognized European standardization organizations: CEN,
CENELEC or ETSI

Issued in the three official languages (English, French and

German) with uniform numbering and presentation

CEN or CENELEC do not sell or distribute standards

All European Standards can be obtained from national

members. European Standards can only be sold as national
adoptions (e.g. BS EN, DIN EN, LST EN, etc.)
(CEN/CENELEC Guide 10)

A single European Standard

All CEN/CENELEC national

members are obliged to implement
European Standards as national
standards without any modification
and to withdraw any conflicting
national standards within agreed
periods

A single European Standard

becomes a national standard in the
32 member countries of
CEN/CENELEC and creates
access to a market of 590 million
consumers in total

Integration of regional and international

standardization

CEN and CENELEC have agreements with

international counterparts to ensure cooperation:
CEN & ISO: Vienna Agreement
CENELEC & IEC: Dresden Agreement

Aim

their

Avoid duplication between standardization at international

and European levels

Agreements
ensure
technical
cooperation
by
correspondence and through meetings, and where possible
adoption of the same text, as both an International
Standard and a European Standard

European Standards identical to International

Standards

Vienna
Agreement

Dresden
Agreement

~ 30 % of CEN
standards are
developed under the
Vienna Agreement

~ 80 % of CENELEC
standards are
identical to or based
on IEC standards

National standards are the results of work in national,

European and international standardization
organizations
International Standards
International
(ISO, IEC)
Amendments and
modifications possible

Voluntary
European Standards (EN)

European
(regional)

Mandatory
National standards
(DIN ISO, LST IEC)

National standards
(DIN EN, LST EN ISO)

National

ISO&CEN deliverables
ISO
International Standard (ISO)

CEN

European Standard (EN)

Technical Specification (ISO/TS) Technical Specification (CEN/TS)

Publicly Available Specification (PAS)

Technical Report (ISO/TR)

ISO Guide

Technical Report (CEN/TR)

CEN Guide

ISO Workshop Agreement (IWA)

(CWA)

CEN Workshop Agreement

Adopting of International Standards as regional or

national standards

In order to provide guidance on the process of the adoption of

International Standards, ISO and IEC have developed
ISO/IEC Guide 21 Regional or national adoption of
International Standards and other International Deliverables
Part 1: for ISO and IEC standards
Part 2: for other ISO and IEC deliverables (Technical
Specifications (TS), Technical Reports (TR) and other)

Members of ISO and IEC may follow it entirely or apply

relevant parts only. In the latter case, they cannot claim full
compliance of their practices with ISO/IEC Guide 21.

The main content of ISO/IEC Guide 21

Provides methods for the adoption of International Standards

(and other deliverables) as regional or national standards

Defines a system for indicating the degree of correspondence

between International Standards and their national or regional
adoptions

Gives the rules for the adoption of International deliverables

other than International Standards

What is an adoption?
The adoption of an International Standard is defined as:
ISO/IEC Guide 21-1
The publication of a regional or national normative document
based on a relevant International Standard, or endorsement of
the International Standard as having the same status as a
national normative document, with any deviations from the
International Standard identified.

The main principles

The regional or national adoption of International Standards

and other deliverables is optional

International Standards shall only be adopted as regional or

national standards and not as another types of deliverable
representing a lower degree of consensus

All existing amendments and corrigenda shall be included in

the regional or national adoption

Identifying the degree of correspondence

ISO/IEC Guide 21 defines three degrees of correspondence between
an International Standard and adopting regional or national standard

Identical adoption
Identical in technical content, structure and wording or identical
translation
Can contain certain defined minimal editorial changes

Modified adoption
Can contain technical deviations (changes introduced in the
adopting regional or national standard), which are clearly identified
and explained
Changes to the structure of the standard must be limited so that
an easy comparison is possible between the adopting and the
International Standard

Not equivalent
Not equivalent in content and structure, technical deviations are
not clearly identified

Degrees of correspondence

Identical
Adoption

Modified
Adoption

Not equivalent
No adoption

A regional or national standard, which has a degree of

correspondence to the International Standard identified as not
equivalent does not constitute an adoption

Numbering of identical adoptions

It should be evident to the reader immediatly, and not after

examination of the content, when regional or national
standards are identical to International Standards

For identical adoptions there are two recommended methods

of numbering
Single numbering (e.g. identical adoption of
ISO 11814:2002 becomes XYZ ISO 11814:2002 )
Dual numbering (e.g. the national standards number is
followed by the original number of the International Standard
XYZ 87878:1998 ISO 13616:1996)

Regional or national standard incorporates the number of

International Standard and is therefore easily recognizable as
being the adoption of International Standard

Dating of identical adoptions

Option 1: Dating based on the year of publication of the regional or
national standard
EXAMPLE: XYZ IEC 61642:1998 (for an identical adoption of IEC
61642:1996)
Option 2: Dating based on the year of publication of the
International Standard
EXAMPLE: XYZ IEC 61642:1996 (for an identical adoption of IEC
61642:1996)
In dual numbering, each of the individual numbers may contain a
separate publication year
EXAMPLE:
XYZ 87878:1998 ISO 13616:1996

Numbering of modified adoptions

For modified adoptions, only a regional or national

reference number is permitted

Modified adoptions shall not include the reference number of

the adopted International Standard
EXAMPLE:
EN 12824:1997
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal
method for the detection of Salmonella
(ISO 6579:1993 modified)

Methods of adoption
ISO/IEC Guide 21 provides two adoption methods:

Endorsement method
The national or regional standards body issues an
endorsement notice in an official bulletin or as an
indpendent document stating that the International Standard
has the status of regional or national

Republication method
Reprinting
Translation
Redrafting

Republication method

Reprinting
The International Standard is printed as a regional or national
standard by direct reproduction of International Standard (e.g.
from electronic file)
Translation
The translation into a language other than that of the
International Standard. A translation may or may not include a
reprint of the original International Standard.
Redrafting
If an International Standard is published as a regional or
national standard and the regional or national is not a reprint
or identical translation of the International Standard, this is
considered to be a redraft. Redraft may contain changes to
the structure or wording of the International Standard

Adoption rules
International
deliverables

Regional or
national
deliverables

International Standards

European Standards
National Standards

International
Deliverables
(TS, PAS, Guides, TR,
etc.)

Other regional or
national
deliverables

Rules for European Standards implementation as

national standards

National members shall follow CEN/CENELEC Internal

Regulation:
Part 2: Common rules for standardization work, clause 11
Part 3: Rules for the structure and drafting of
CEN/CENELEC publications, annex ZC

CEN/CENELEC Guide 12 The concept of Affiliation with

CEN and CENELEC provides rights and obligations of
affiliates

CEN Affiliates
CEN/CENELEC Guide 12

Have the obligation to implement European standards,

developed by Technical Committees in which it participate,
as national standards in accordance with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations Part 2, and to withdraw conflicting
national standards.

Have the right to implement any other European Standards

as national standards in its own language or in one of the
official languages of CEN and CENELEC and to withdraw
conflicting national standards

How to implement European Standard?

An European Standard shall be implemented by giving it the

status of a national standard within the defined timeframes
(normally within 6 months after date of availability of EN)
either by publication of an identical text or by
endorsement and
by withdrawing any conflicting national standards

A conflicting national standard is a national standard on the

same subject as the EN, including requirements in
contradiction with the requirements of the EN

Implementation dates
Date of announcement (DOA): latest date by which the
existence of an EN has to be announced at national level
Date of publication (DOP): latest date by which an EN
has to be implemented at national level by publication of an
identical national standard or by endorsement
Date of withdrawal (DOW): latest date by which national
standards conflicting with an EN have to be withdrawn

Implementation procedure
Ratification of EN text
CCMC distributes definitive texts of the approved
EN, in the three official language versions, to the
national members (DAV date of availability)

National members announce

the existence of the EN (DOA)
National members implement
the EN at national level by publication or
endorsement (DOP/DOW)

Implementation methods

Endorsement method
European Standards implemented by endorsement must be
announced in the national journal and an endorsement sheet must be
prepared in accordance with the CEN/CENELEC Internal
Regulations.

Methods of publication of identical text

Reproduction
European Standard is published as national standard in one of the
three official languages by direct reproduction
Translation
Translation of an official version of a European Standard
A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to
the CEN/CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the
official versions

National elements in implementations of European

Standards
a National title page
b National foreword
c EN-title page (on the reverse
side, foreword)
d EN text
e EN annex (see 6.3.8, 6.4.1)
f National annex (see ZC.7.2)

National elements may not introduce any changes to the provisions of

European standard

National designation

Each national member shall have a national designation

for its national implementation of the European Standard
(EN XXX becomes National Designation EN XXX)
EXAMPLES:
EN 1026 LST EN 1026
EN ISO 9000 DIN EN ISO 9000

A national identifier of the organization adopting the

European Standard shall be made visible on each page
of the national implementation, while preserving the
elements of the EN definitive text as provided by the
CEN/CENELEC Management Centre

Notification of national implementations

CEN/CENELEC members and affiliates has obligation to notify

national implementations of European Standards

The implementation rates of CEN standards by its affiliates

Country

% implemented (OJEU
Only)

% implemented (All)

Albania

94,20%

88,83%

Armenia

0,04%

0,03%

Belarus

1,30%

2,09%

82,16%

63,33%

Egypt

0,43%

0,21%

Georgia

1,04%

0,30%

Israel

0,52%

0,12%

Jordan

0,95%

0,21%

Republic of Moldova

0,35%

0,06%

Montenegro

84,32%

39,50%

Serbia

87,18%

66,70%

The Former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia

93,72%

91,01%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

CCMC data: Data on CEN implementations with a DOP before 2012-04-01.

Lithuanian Standards (LST) by origin (in %)

1%
LST

4%
LST ISO,
LST IEC,...

95 %
LST EN

Changes

1999: almost 50 % of published standards were national in origin

2003: more than 90 % of published standards are European or
international in origin

Membership in international and European

organizations for standardization
Lithuanian Standards Board (LST) represents Lithuania within
international and European organizations for standardization:

ISO member since 2008

IEC associated member since 1996

CEN member since 2004

CENELEC member since 2003

ETSI member since 1996

LST procedures
Procedures for drafting Lithuanian standards, adoption of International
and European Standards are given in LST 0 series standards:
LST 0-5-1:2008 Standardization Part 5 Regional or national
adoption of International Standards and other International
Deliverables Chapter 1: Adoption of International Standards (ISO/IEC
Guide 21-1:2005, identical)
LST 0-5-2:2008 Standardization Part 5: Regional or national adoption
of International Standards and other International Deliverables
Chapter 2: Adoption of International Deliverables other than
International Standards (ISO/IEC Guide 21-2:2005, identical)
LST 0-6:2008+1K:2010 Standardization Part 6: Taking over of the
standards and other deliverables of European organizations for
standardization at a national level

Adopting of International Standards as Lithuanian

Standards

International Standards can be adopted as Lithuanian

Standard except in the following cases:
where the International Standard is being adopted as a
European Standard; or
where there is an existing conflicting European Standard.

International Standards can be adopted as Lithuanian

Standards in English or in Lithuanian language

Any existing Lithuanian Standards having the same scope

must be withdrawn

Implementing of European Standards as Lithuanian

Standards

All European Standards shall be published as identical

Lithuanian Standards within defined timeframes and
conflicting Lithuanian standards shall be withdrawn

Lithuanian Standard that is an adopted European standard

shall consist of a cover page, national foreword and text of
European standard, unaltered and in its entirety

In some cases informative National Annexes (NA) are possible

EXAMPLE:
LST EN 228 Automotive fuels - Unleaded petrol - Requirements and test
methods
The national provisions required in EN 228 are being given in the National
Annex (e.g. information about the dates for the summer and winter periods
in a country)

Participation in international and European

standardization

The route for participating in the development of

International/European Standards is through national
members (e.g. LST)
LST mirror committees are responsible for developing a
Lithuanian position on a particular standard project (public
enquiry, formal vote) and representing this position to the
relevant CEN/ISO Technical Committee

Mirror
committee

Delegate

Expert

LST Structure

CEN / ISO Technical

Committee
Working
Group

Thank you for attention!