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David Hanlon IEC Secretary of the Conformity

meeting Palais des Nations, Geneva 2018-04-12

1 David Hanlon IEC Secretary of the Conformity Assessment Board OECD, UNECE, ISO, IEC 5 th annual meeting Palais des Nations, Geneva INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION How do we make purchasing decisions? Based on confidence Brands we know and trust Retailers / suppliers we know and trust Trusted advice 2 1

2 How do we make purchasing decisions? Unknown Brands Low cost / risk we take the risk Higher cost / risk known supplier trusted advice 3 How do retailers make purchasing decisions? Based on confidence Suppliers they know and trust Suppliers they audited themselves Trusted advice 3 rd party audits certification 4 2

quality needed financial risk technical risk 5 Confidence =

3 How are most purchasing decisions made? Based on confidence Confidence level needed depends on quality needed financial risk technical risk 5 Confidence = Value Quality International Standards Risk Appropriate level of Conformity Assessment 6 3

Confidence = Value Standards and Conformity

neither side has value without the other

eg CE marking Second party CA Carried out

goods/materials Third party CA Carried out

4 Confidence = Value Standards and Conformity Assessment are like two sides of a coin neither side has value without the other side Standards + Conformity Assessment = Value = Confidence 7 8 First party CA Carried out by manufacturer, supplier SDoC, eg CE marking Second party CA Carried out by customer eg: checking in coming goods/materials Third party CA Carried out by independent organization Independent from the supplier & end-user Can be test-reports, audit-reports, type-certification, full certification, etc 4

5 ISO/IEC series International standards for CA Developed according to ISO/IEC Directives Development managed by ISO/CASCO Nicknamed ISO/IEC series toolbox 9 9 5

6 ISO/IEC ISO/IEC ISO/IEC ISO/IEC ISO/IEC ISO/IEC IEC & ISO standards 10 National level 11 6

7 International level National level 12 International level National level 13 7

IEC standards development (SD) & conformity assessment (CA) activities Global CA services Membership organization Professional CA bodies (CABs) CABs anywhere in the world CABs must

8 IEC standards development (SD) & conformity assessment (CA) activities Global CA services Membership organization Professional CA bodies (CABs) CABs anywhere in the world CABs must qualified to participate CABs help write the rules CABs must follow the rules CABs are regularly peer assessed to check that rules are followed 15 International level National level 16 8

9 International level National level 17 International level National level 18 9

10 Increasing value Increasing confidence International level National level 19 IEC CA Systems Global conformity assessment Systems IECEE IECEx IECQ IECRE 20 10

11 IECEE CA Schemes CB-Scheme 21 IECEx explosive atmospheres o Equipment Scheme unit certification o Service Scheme process certification o Certified Persons Scheme people certification o Mark Licensing Scheme licencing 22 11

12 IECEx explosive atmospheres world s best practice In 2011, United Nations recommended IECEx as WORLD S BEST PRACTICE for conformity assessment for Ex environments. 24 IECQ Quality o HSPM Hazardous Substances process o ECMP for avionics supply chain o Counterfeit Avoidance Process Scheme o LED lighting Scheme 25 12

13 IECRE Renewable Energy Wind Energy Marine Energy Solar PV Energy 26 IECRE Renewable Energy Market drivers Financial risk management o o Apply world s best practices IEC global CA are current world s best practice 27 13

IO Cooperation International CA cooperation IEC

standards ISO/IEC international CA standards IEC global CA

global TL qualification global legal metrology equipment

14 IO Cooperation International CA cooperation IEC international product standards ISO international QM system standards ISO/IEC international CA standards IEC global CA services IEC & ITU IEC & OIML IEC & ILAC/IAF IEC & UNECE global TL qualification global legal metrology equipment scheme unified assessments UN CRO Ex environments UN CRO cybersecurity

15 David Hanlon IEC Secretary of the Conformity Assessment Board OECD, UNECE, ISO, IEC 5 th annual meeting Palais des Nations, Geneva INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION 15

Joint ITU-UNIDO Forum on Sustainable Conformity Assessment for Asia-Pacific Region (Yangon City, Republic of Union of Myanmar November 2013)

Joint ITU-UNIDO Forum on Sustainable Conformity Assessment for Asia-Pacific Region (Yangon City, Republic of Union of Myanmar 25-27 November 2013) Mark Amos Business Manager, IECEx Secretariat, IEC mark.amos@iecex.com