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Organizing the work

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Directive 98/34/EC definitions

Technical Specification

a specification contained in a document which lays down the characteristics required of a product such as levels of quality, performance, safety or dimensions, including the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures.

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First of all… some definitions

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Directive 98/34/EC definitions3

First of all… some definitions

Standard (1)

A technical specification approved by a recognised standardisation body for repeated or continuous application,

with which compliance is not compulsory and which is one of the following:

international standard: a standard adopted by an international standardisation organisation

European standard: a standard adopted by a European standardisation body

national standard: a standard adopted by a national standardisation body

and made available to the public.

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ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996, definition 3.24

First of all… some definitions

Standard (2)

Document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context.

Note: Standards should be based on the consolidated results of science, technology and experience, and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits.

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Consensus

"General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments.

Note : Consensus need not imply unanimity."

First of all… some definitions

ISO/IEC Guide 2 definition

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ETSI definitions

ETSI Directives ETSI Statutes ETSI Rules of Procedure (RoP) Guidelines on Annex 2 of RoP (financial contributions) ETSI Guide on Intellectual Property Rights ETSI Guidelines for Antitrust Compliance ETSI Board Working Procedures Powers and Functions of the Board ETSI Financial Regulations Terms of Reference of the Operational Co-ordination Group

(OCG) Guidelines about former elected officials & former ETSI staff ETSI Technical Working Procedures (TWP) ETSI Drafting Rules http://portal.etsi.org/Directives/home.asp

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ETSIPROJECTS

GENERALASSEMBLY

ETSIBOARD

ETSIPARTNERSHIP

PROJECTS

TECHNICALORGANIZATION

SPECIALCOMMITTEES

The ETSI Secretariat gives support to all the different bodies in the Organization

The ETSI structure

INDUSTRYSPECIFICATION

GROUPS

TECHNICALCOMMITTEES

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ETSI definitions

Technical Organization, Technical Bodies

The ETSI Technical Organization comprises three types of Technical Body (TB): ETSI Project (EP)

• Market sector and timeframe oriented • Currently, we have one EP (eHealth). Former EPs have become TCs

Technical Committee (TC)• Technology oriented

ETSI Partnership Project (EPP)• Market sector and timeframe oriented

• In co-operation with external bodies

A Technical Body may establish Working Groups (WG), if required

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ETSI definitions

Industry Specification Group

an activity organized around a set of ETSI work items addressing a specific technology area established on the initiative of at least four ETSI members (or

applicants) making a request to the Director-General has own programme/project management, and agreed delivery dates responsible for defining, creating and stopping ETSI work items

within its scope produces ETSI “Group Specifications” only reports to the General Assembly and the Board does not deal with activities Mandated by EC/EFTA does not deal with issues such as health, safety, environment, public

interest and the basic legal/economic interests of consumer related issues.

9- TWP Article 3

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ETSI definitions

Specialist Task Force (STF)

A group of experts working together under contract with ETSI Purpose: to give ETSI competitive advantage by accelerating the

development of urgently needed ETSI standards in strategic areas Proposed by the ETSI Technical Bodies, the Board or the Special

Committees and approved by the Board Works under the technical guidance of the reference Technical Body Experts for the STFs are proposed by ETSI Members, and normally

work together as a team in the ETSI premises Funded from the ETSI ordinary budget, from EC/EFTA Order

Vouchers, from voluntary contributions of ETSI Members or from other Organizations

10- TWP Article 1.10

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General Assembly

Tasks

Appointments Rules & Regulations Membership Budget & financial matters Annual Report Final point of approval Appeals

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ETSI Board

Powers and functions (1)

Work Programme Application of financial resources

including for STFs within agreed financial framework Advice to GA on finance/resource issues Creating/ceasing TCs , EPs and SCs Appointing TC and EP Chairmen Standstill Resolving drafting problems Standardization policy & performance Communication …

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ETSI Board

Powers and functions (2)

Resource framework for Tech Organization Overseeing Technical Organization External relations Technical Working Procedures (TWP) Disputes/appeals/complaints

on procedural matters in Technical Organization from non-members

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New Board appointed 11/08

for a 3-year period

Currently 25 members including 1 SME &

1 User representative*

* RoP Annex 7: Number of Board members between 15 and 30

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ETSI definitions

ETSI deliverable

A document […] produced as the result of an ETSI work item

ETSI work item

A description of a standardization task approved by a Technical Body according to the procedures […] and adopted by the ETSI members

- TWP Annex A

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ETSI's deliverables

Normative:

European Standard (EN) ETSI Standard (ES) ETSI Technical Specification (TS)

Informative:

ETSI Guide (EG) ETSI Technical Report (TR) ETSI Special Report (SR)

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ETSI's deliverables

Also: Harmonized Standard (HS)

• An EN drafted by ETSI under a mandate from the European Commission under Directive 98/48/EC

• taking into account the applicable essential requirements of the "New Approach" Directive

• and whose reference has subsequentlybeen announced in the Official Journal of the European Communities

ETSI Group Specification (GS)• An ETSI deliverable, containing either

specifications and/or information elements, produced by an Industry Specification Group

Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annex A

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Choice of deliverable type (1)

Specifications and standards

TS - ETSI Technical Specification• Normative• Short time to market• May be converted later to ES or EN

ES - ETSI Standard• Normative• Preferable/necessary that whole ETSI membership approves

EN - European Standard (telecommunications series)• Formal output for standardization at European level• Specific to Europe & needs transposition into national standards• or subject of an EC/EFTA mandate

Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annexes A & E 17

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Choice of deliverable type (2)

Guides and reports

TR - ETSI Technical Report• Informative • Default deliverable

EG - ETSI Guide• Informative• Guidance on handling technical standardization activity in whole or major parts of the Technical

Organization

ETSI Special Report• Informative• General ETSI member or public interest• Also, deliverable with dynamic content generated by software application on ETSI web site

Reference: ETSI Technical Working Procedures, Annexes A & E

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ETSI DD Lxx xxx-z-w Vm.a.b

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Prefix

Deliverable type

(TS, TR, ES, EG, EN, SR)

0 for Special Reports1 for TS and TR2 for ES and EG3 for EN

Editorial version

Technical version

Major version

(1,2, …)

Sub-part(if any)

Part(if any)

(1,2, …)

Serial number(00 001 – 99 999)

For example: ETSI ES 201 873-1 Version 1.0.10

Numbering of deliverables

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ETSI GS Lxx xxx-z-w Vm.a.b

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Prefix

Deliverable type(GS)

Editorial version

Technical version

Major version

(1,2, …)

Sub-part(if any)

Part(if any)

(1,2, …)

Serial number(001 – 999)

Numbering of Group Specifications

3-letter ISG name abbreviation

For example: ETSI GS QKD 002 Version 1.1.1

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Numbering of deliverables

Technical Body approval

TR: ETSI TR 1XX XXX Vm.a.b

TS: ETSI TS 1XX XXX Vm.a.b

Member approval

EG: ETSI EG 2XX XXX Vm.a.b

ES: ETSI ES 2XX XXX Vm.a.b

NSO approval

EN: ETSI EN 3XX XXX Vm.a.b

Other

SR: ETSI SR 0XX XXX Vm.a.b

GS: ETSI GS LXX XXX Vm.a.b21

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Numbering - Old Regime TC approval

TC-TR: TR-TC XXX (e.g. TR-RES 001)

TCR-TR: TCR-TR XXX

TCC approval

ETR: ETR XXX

NSO approval

I-ETS: I-ETS 300 XXX

ETS: ETS 300 XXX

TBR: TBR XXX

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Document filename structure See http://portal.etsi.org/edithelp/guides.asp

Examples:

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File type Document number Version number File name

ETSI EG EG 200 351 V2.2.2 eg_200351v020202p.pdf

Electronic attachment(s)

EN 300 052-6 V1.3.1 en_30005206v010301c0.zip

GTS GSM 02.93 V5.4.0(1997-11) (withdrawn)

gsmts_0293sv050400w.pdf

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Phase coding A code letter shows the present phase of approval of the draft

e.g. eg_200351v020202p.pdf

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Code Description

c Sent out for Public Enquiry

v Sent out for Vote

o Sent out for One step Approval Procedure

m Sent out for Membership Approval Procedure

p Published

w Withdrawn

 

If there are any electronic attachments, a "0" (zero) will be placed just after the phase code

e.g. en_301165v010101c0.pdf

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Standstill, national transposition and withdrawal

ETSI starts work on an EN… National Standards Organisations (NSOs) and ETSI Members are required

to stop any national standards work that could prejudice that EN ("Standstill")

ETSI publishes the EN… NSOs are required to adopt the EN at national level… ("Transposition")

…and to withdraw any conflicting national standards ("Withdrawal")

A few more definitions

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The obligation accepted by the NSOs and the members of ETSI not to undertake any national standardization activity which could prejudice the preparation of an EN (telecommunications series) and, for the NSOs, not to publish a new or revised standard which is not completely in line with an existing EN (telecommunications series).

Standstill applies to an individual work item leading to an EN (…) and accepted by the General Assembly, with a precise scope and target date. It does not apply to areas or programmes of work as such.

Standstill

http://webapp.etsi.org/standstill/standstillForm.asp

- RoP Article 13.3

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National transposition

The NSOs shall take measures to ensure the visibility of EN (telecommunications series) at national level, either by publication of an identical text, or by endorsement (that is, by publication of an endorsement sheet or by announcement in an official journal) within a short time of their adoption according to Article 13.5. In the case of endorsement, it shall be stated that the EN (…) has been approved together with the number, title and date of the EN (…), and information on where copies of the text may be obtained. A copy of the endorsement sheet or announcement shall be sent to the ETSI Secretariat.

ENs (telecommunications series) thus published or endorsed shall have the status of national standards.

- RoP Article 13.7

http://webapp.etsi.org/net/Transposition/home.aspx

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National withdrawal

When an EN (telecommunications series) has been approved and adopted […] on a specific matter, then on an agreed date set by the General Assembly, the NSOs shall ensure that all conflicting national standards on that specific matter are withdrawn.

- RoP Article 13.7

http://webapp.etsi.org/net/Transposition/home.aspx