COMENOR México

Visión Americana de Estándares: el Sistema de EE.UU. y La Perspectiva del Sector Privado en el TPP

Ann Weeks Vice President, Global Government Affairs

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) June 25, 2015

The American National Standards Institute leads standards,

conformity assessment, and related activities in the

United States of America.

Founded in 1918, ANSI is a private, non-profit organization.

ANSI is not a government agency or a standards developer.

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U.S. member of ISO

U.S. member of the IEC, via ANSI’s U.S. National Committee

a U.S. member of IAF and ILAC

member of regional forums in the Pacific Rim and the Americas

liaison with groups in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

bilateral agreements with other national standards bodies

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The ANSI Federation represents more than 125,000 companies

and organizations and 3.5 million professionals worldwide.

Members of the ANSI Federation include . . .

Academia

Individuals

Government

Manufacturing

Trade Associations

Professional Societies

Service Organizations

Standards Developers

Consumer and Labor Interests

and many more

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U.S. Standardization System

Emphasizes private-sector standards solutions

Standards users drive activities

Provides a strong voice and greater authority to standards users and individual stakeholders

Strength from diversity

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U.S. Standardization System

In the U.S. alone, there are more than 100,000 standards

These documents are being developed by:

hundreds of standards developing organizations (SDOs)

over 500 consortia

thousands of committees

Over 11,000 approved American National Standards

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The Public-Private Partnership

System is led by private sector

No single government agency has control over standards

Each agency determines which standards meet its needs

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Tools Facilitating Private Sector Participation

National Technology Transfer Advancement Act (NTTAA) encourages reliance on private sector conformity assessment activities including accreditation to reduce duplication and complexity.

OMB Circular A-119, “Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards in Conformity Assessment Activities” implements NTTAA requirements.

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us-standards-strategy.org

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ansi.org/uscap

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ANSI’s Accreditation Roles and Requirements

STANDARDS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

Standards

Developer

U.S. Technical

Advisory

Group

Certificate

Issuers

Product

Certification

Program

Greenhouse

Gas

Verification

Program

Personnel

Certification

Program

ANSI-ASQ

National

Accreditation

Board

ANSI-ASQ

National

Accreditation

Board

ANSI-ASQ

National

Accreditation

Board

ANSI

Procedures

for ANS

“Essential

Requirements”

ANSI

International

Procedures

ANSI-ASTM

E2659

ISO/IEC

17065

ISO/IEC

14065

ISO/IEC

17024

ISO/IEC

17021

ISO/IEC

17025

ISO/IEC

17020

SDOs U.S. TAGs

to ISO

Certificate

Issuers

Product and

Process

Certifiers

Greenhouse

Gas

Verifiers

Personnel

Certifiers

Management

System

Certifiers

Laboratories Inspection

Bodies

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Always a priority for any developed economy,

not just the U.S.

Leverage and seek regional policy leadership

Technical leadership within ISO and IEC:

Identify relevant U.S. stakeholders to support new activities

90% 80%

Assert U.S. Leadership Role in the Regional and International Standardization Community

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2003 Homeland Defense

and Security

Standardization

Collaborative

2004 Nanotechnology

Standards

Panel

2005 Healthcare

Information

Technology

Standards Panel

2006 ID Theft Prevention

and ID Management

Standards Panel

2007 Biofuels Standards

Coordination

Panel

1994 Information

Infrastructure

Standards Panel

ANSI Panels, Fora, Workshops, and Collaboratives

2007 ANSI Network on

Chemical

Regulation

2009 Workshop Toward

Product Standards

for Sustainability

2009 ANSI-NIST Nuclear

Energy Standards

Coordination

Collaborative

2011 ANSI

Electric Vehicles

Standards Panel

2010 The Financial

Management of

Cyber Risk

2012 ANSI

Energy Efficiency

Standards Coordination

Collaborative

2014 ANSI Workshop:

Smart and

Sustainable

Cities

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“Good Practices” for Standardization

Standards should meet societal and market needs and should not be developed to

act as barriers to trade

The U.S. endorses the globally accepted standardization principles of the World

Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement Committee Decision:

Transparency

Openness

Impartiality

Effectiveness and relevance

Consensus

Performance-based

Coherence

Due process

Technical Assistance

Flexible

Timely

Balanced

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In Other Words…

Global relevance is not measured by who developed

the standard, or where.

Use in the global marketplace is the

best measure of an international

standard

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Multiple-path Approach

ANSI and U.S. stakeholders take multiple-path approach

ANSI is proud to be U.S. member body to ISO and IEC (via

USNC)

Globally relevant standards may be developed by ISO, IEC,

or any other standards developer that adheres to

WTO/TBT principles

Users decide which standards meet their needs, which

SDOs they want to work with

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COPANT (Pan-American Standards Commission)

Standards setting body for Latin and South American countries

Founded as the Pan American Technical Standards Committee

in 1949 to develop regional standards

Executive Secretariat is in La Paz - Bolivia

Currently 34 Active and 10 Adherent members

Oriented towards international standards

The 2015 COPANT General Assembly was held on April 14 and 15 in Mexico

City, successfully organized by the Dirección General de Normas, the

COPANT member for Mexico.

The meeting was attended by 25 active members, 6 adherent members

and 9 invited organizations, totaling 94 delegates at the meeting.

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Standards Alliance – Mexico

Training on Conformity Assessment

organized in conjunction with COPANT

November 3-7, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico

Co-organized by DGN and EMA, included

participation from 16 COPANT member

countries

http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story

.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=81cd5694-1c11-488b-

9cc8-61544b73d718

North American Conference on Good

Regulatory Practice

December 10-11, 2014 in Mexico City,

Mexico

Co-organized by COFEMER, SE, and Canadian

DFATD

http://standardsalliance.ansi.org/Countries/Mexico/

Good-Regulatory-Practice-Conference.aspx

Planned activity, summer 2015:

Advanced TBT for Negotiators

New work plan on the table,

proposals from U.S. welcome

Speakers and moderators at the December 2014 North American GRP Conference

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TPP: View from the US Private Sector

High standard

Reflects complexities of today’s global supply chain

Principles of fair competition, consumer protection, and

transparency

Elevates commitments around non-tariff barriers

Licensing requirements/quotas

Technical regulations

Takes “whole of” approach

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Ann Weeks

Vice President, Global Government Affairs

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Ann.weeks@ul.com